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Definitions and Meaning of sack in English
sack (n)
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
an enclosed space
the quantity contained in a sack
any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
sack (v)
plunder (a town) after capture
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
make as a net profit
put in a sack
sack (n.)
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
See 2d Sac, 2.
Bed.
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
sack (v. t.)
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
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Sack
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases, an enclosed space, the quantity contained in a sack, any of various light dry strong white wine
bag,pouch,backpack,package,bundle,Carryall,Duffle bag,Garment bag,Handbag,knapsack
employ,Engage,hire,keep,retain,Sign up (up or on),take on,Contract,recruit,Rehire
saciety => satiety, sachsen => Saxony, sachs disease => Sachs disease, sachet => sachet, sachemship => sachemship,
