Usually means: Container for carrying items portably.
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  1. knapsack: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. knapsack: Merriam-Webster
  3. knapsack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. knapsack: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. knapsack: Collins English Dictionary
  6. knapsack: Vocabulary.com
  7. Knapsack, knapsack: Wordnik
  8. knapsack: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. knapsack: Wiktionary
  10. knapsack: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. knapsack: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. knapsack: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Knapsack, knapsack: Dictionary.com
  14. knapsack: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. knapsack: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Knapsack (band), Knapsack (disambiguation), Knapsack (musician), Knapsack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Knapsack: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. knapsack: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. knapsack: Rhymezone
  20. knapsack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. knapsack: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. knapsack: FreeDictionary.org
  23. knapsack: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. knapsack: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knapsack: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knapsack: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (chiefly US) A case of canvas or leather, for carrying items on the back.
▸ noun:  (cryptography) A set of values from which a subset is chosen.
▸ verb:  To go hiking while burdened with a knapsack, usually overnight or for longer.

Similar:
rucksack, haversack, backpack, napsack, bagpack, gripsack, satchel, back pack, possibles sack, towsack, more...

Opposite:
satchel, backpack, duffel bag, tote bag

Types:
backpack, rucksack, book bag, sackpack, daypack, trail pack, child carrier, more...

Phrases:
Knapsack problem, knapsack sprayer, 0 1 knapsack problem, 0/1 knapsack problem, Continuous knapsack problem, more...

Adjectives:
small, heavy, old, invisible, little, own, large, light, empty, green, big

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Similar:
rucksack, haversack, backpack, napsack, bagpack, gripsack, satchel, back pack, possibles sack, towsack, more...

Opposite:
satchel, backpack, duffel bag, tote bag

Types:
backpack, rucksack, book bag, sackpack, daypack, trail pack, child carrier, more...

Phrases:
Knapsack problem, knapsack sprayer, 0 1 knapsack problem, 0/1 knapsack problem, Continuous knapsack problem, more...

Adjectives:
small, heavy, old, invisible, little, own, large, light, empty, green, big

Colors:
    olive,     khaki,     forest green,     navy blue,     charcoal, more...



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