packsack

Questions about packsack

What does packsack mean?

packsack means "a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder".

How many syllables are in packsack?

packsack has 2 syllables and divides as pack-sack under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for packsack?

Close synonyms include backpack, back pack, knapsack, rucksack, haversack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is packsack a common word?

packsack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.