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Word entry · 8 letters

knapsack

Best crossword clue

"Trail bag"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈnæpsæk/Part of speech nounSorted aackknpsStarts with KEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder

Word origin

From Low German knapzak or Dutch knapzak (older form cnapsack), from Middle Dutch cnappen (“to bite with teeth”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin, + sack. German Knappsack is from Dutch.

Used in a sentence

  • The two elder reluctantly left him and walked on, taking their brother's knapsack to relieve him in following, and the youngest entered the field.
  • My sleeping bag fell off my backpack into the water, while we were knapsacking up the mountain.

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