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# knapsack

«knapsack» in Mova's school dictionary: **A bag carried on the back, used for carrying food and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (knapsacks)

### meaning for a pupil

A bag carried on the back, used for carrying food and things on a journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knapsack/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a traveller's bag holding food, a pouch, or a few tools for a long walk

### examples

- He packed bread and cheese in his knapsack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knapsack/#x1)
- The raven had a little knapsack on his back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knapsack/#x2)
- The student took his knapsack and set off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knapsack/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths; if the question counts the things in the knapsack, the knapsack itself adds nothing to the count

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «knapsack» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knapsack/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.