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Meaning of backpack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈbæk.pæk

Definitions

  1. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.
  2. To hike or travel while carrying a backpack.
  3. schoolbag
  4. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment.
  5. To carry in a backpack.
  6. satchel
  7. To travel about or journey on foot:hike, march, peregrinate, traipse, tramp, trek.
  8. mochila, saddle-cover
  9. of or at the back. the back door. agterste خَلفي заден traseiro zadní rückwärtig bag- οπίσθιοςde detrás, trasero taga-, selja- عقبی؛ پشتی taka- de derrièreגבי पीछे का stražnji hátsó belakang aftur-, bak- posteriore うしろの 뒤쪽의 užpakalinis aizmugures; pakaļējais belakang achter- bak-, bakre; rygg-tylny شاتنی، بېرتنى، وروسته، بېرته (خپل ځاى ته)، پخوانى (لكه د مجلې ګڼې)، وخت پر تېر شوى، څټ، په څټ traseiro din spate задний zadný zadnji stražnji bak-, bakre ข้างหลัง arka, arkada, arkadaki 後面的 задній ...
  10. a person who supports someone or something, especially with money. the backer of the new theatre. borg, ondersteuner مُؤيِّد، داعِم، مُناصِر поддръжник financiador mecenáš, -ka, příznivec, -kyně der Förderer støtte υποστηρικτής, χρηματοδότης financiador, patrocinador toetaja حامی؛ پشتیبان tukija commanditaire תּוֹמֵך सहारादेनेवाला podupiratelj támogató sponsor stuðningsmaður sostenitore 後援者 후원자 rėmėjas atbalstītājs penyokong sponsorstøttespiller; en som vedder sponsor ملا تړ كوونكي، ګټندوى، س...
    especially
  11. to criticize a person when he is not present. beskinner يَنْتَقِد، يَغْتاب клеветя caluniar pomlouvat verleumden, tratschen bagtale κακολογώ κπ. πίσω από την πλάτη του hablar mal, criticar por la espalda taga rääkima غیبت کردن puhua selän takana médire de לְהַשׁמִיץ पीठ पीछे निंदा करना ocrniti, ogovarati fúr vkit memfitnah, mengritik di belakang baknaga, rægja sparlare, fare maldicenze 陰口をきく 험담을 하다 apkalbėti apmelot; celt neslavu mengumpat roddelenbaktale, baksnakkeobmawiać غیبت کول criticar ...
  12. Constant backbiting by her colleagues led to her resignation. beskinnerdery إنتِقاد، اغتِياب клеветене calúnia pomluva die Verleumdung, das Tuscheln bagtalelse κακόβουλος σχολιασμός που γίνεται πίσω από την πλάτη κπ. murmuración, crítica por la espalda tagarääkimine غیبت selän takana puhuminen médisanceהשמצה चिगल खोरी ogovaranje fúrás fitnahan, kritik di belakang baknag, rógburður maldicenza 中傷 험담 apkalbėjimas apmelošana; neslavas celšana cercaan roddelbaksnakking obmawianie غیبت maledicência...
  13. (of a task etc) very difficult or requiring very hard work. Digging the garden is a backbreaking job. uitputtend قاصِم للظَّهْر много изморителен pesado vyčerpávající erschöpfend opslidende εξαντλητικός, εξαιρετικά κοπιώδης deslomador, pesado kontimurdev شاق؛ کمرشکن raskas éreintant מְפָרֵך težak kimerítő berat sekali, sangat melelahkan lÿjandi, erfiður massacrante 骨の折れる 매우 힘든 varginantis, alinantis mokošs; smags (par darbu) berat zwaarslitsomwyczerpujący ستونځمن pesado istovitor изнурительны...
    etc
  14. using backhand. She played the stroke backhand; She writes backhand. handrugagtig باستِعمال ظَهْر اليد наклонен наляво obliquamente backhandem, se sklonem doleva Schlag mit der Rückhand stejlskrift ανάποδα del revés; con el dorso de la mano tagantkätt, vasakule kaldu با پشت راکت؛ مایل به چپ rystypuolella en revers, penché à gauche לַגְלגָנִי आड़े लिखना pisati slovima nakrivljenim unatrag fonákkal; balra dőlő kézírással dengan belakang tangan með bakhandarhöggi; með vinstrihallandi skrift di r...
  15. a pile of uncompleted work etc which has collected. a backlog of orders because of the strike. agterstand أعمال مُتَراكِمـه натрупване acumulação nahromadění der Rückstand pukkel; ophobning; ugjort arbejde συσσωρευμένη δουλειά που έπρεπε ήδη να έχει ολοκληρωθεί atrasos, trabajo acumulado hunnik (tegemata töid) ناتمام؛ عقب افتاده työruuhka accumulation פִּגוּר מִצטַבֵּר , פִּיגוּר מִצטַבֵּר संचित कार्य zaostaci restancia tumpukan (pekerjaan), timbunan óafgreidd mál arretrato 未処理の仕事 적체 neatlikt...
    etc

Equivalents

Afrikaans rugsak
Беларуская заплечнік рукза́к
Български раница
བོད་སྐད རྒྱབ་ཕད
Bosanski ruksak раница
Català motxilla
Čeština batoh ruksak
Cymraeg sach gefn
Dansk rygsæk
Deutsch Rucksack
Ελληνικά σακίδιο
Esperanto dorsosako tornistro
Français sac à dos
Gaeilge mála droma
Gàidhlig màla-droma
ગુજરાતી દફતર
Hrvatski ruksak раница
Magyar hátizsák
Bahasa Indonesia ransel tas punggung
Íslenska bakpoki
Italiano zaino
ქართული ზურგჩანთა
ខ្មែរ សាកាដូ
한국어 륙색 배낭
Kurdî çante
Latina sacculus
Lietuvių kuprinė
Latviešu mugursoma
Македонски ранец
Монгол үүргэвч
Bahasa Melayu beg galas
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကျောပိုးအိတ်
Nederlands backpacken rugzak
Polski plecak
Português mochila sacudu
Română rucsac
Русский ранец рюкзак
Slovenčina ruksak
Shqip çantë
Српски ruksak раница
Svenska ryggsäck
ไทย เป้
Tagalog bag
Türkçe sırt çantası
Українська наплі́чник рюкзак
Oʻzbekcha ryukzak
Tiếng Việt ba lô

Examples

“Rachel discovered that she could also keep things in her backpack that were important to her, nobody would know about them because they would be hidden. These important things included a small round rock that she had found […]”
“Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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