How to spell backpack

Backpack is spelled B-A-C-K-P-A-C-K.

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What it means: A bag carried on the back with two shoulder straps.

In a sentence: Sally packed her books and pencils in her backpack.

Same family: backpacks, backpacking, backpacker, bag, knapsack. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “backpack” is a compound formed from “back” and “pack,” and it became common in American English in the early 1900s for bags used by hikers and students. Before “backpack,” people often used words like “knapsack” or “rucksack” for a similar kind of bag.

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