rucksack

as in backpack
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back hikers carrying their food and water in rucksacks

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Recent Examples of rucksack The beautiful image showed Charlotte sitting in a wild, rural landscape wearing camouflage and a rucksack, while smiling beautifully into the camera. Stephanie Petit, People.com, 2 May 2025 DeSantis wants to protect kids from childhood for the same reason my great grandfather put a tiny rucksack on my 5-year-old mother’s shoulders and sent her into the cotton fields to pick with the adults — cheap labor. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025 On one end of the spectrum are relatively tiny flying bombs, small enough to be carried in a rucksack. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2022 In their rucksacks, the duo packed a foldout paper map of the itinerary, few clothes and ample medicine (antibiotics, malaria pills, iodine drops for the water). Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rucksack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rucksack
backpack
Noun
  • The shorts were a different color, my shoes, the backpack, the location.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Original price: $42.99 Carry your laundry to and from the laundry room with ease with this backpack duffel laundry bag.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025

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“Rucksack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rucksack. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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