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sack
  1. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
  2. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
  3. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
  4. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
  5. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.
  6. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
  7. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.
  8. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
  9. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
  10. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. bag, receptacle, poke, satchel, pouch, pocket, sac, gunny, pack, mailbag, mailer, postbag, delivery bag, mail sack, container, purse, shoulder bag, mail pouch, punnet, wallet, reticule, compartment, money bag, cavity, hollow, chamber, hole, placket, socket, keister, carrier, string bag, shopping bag, carrier bag, paper bag, plastic bag, cubicle, slot, box, recess, niche, bay, cell, nook, corner, cubbyhole, cabin, enclosure, cube, carrel … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “Storage of the potatoes in a cool place, in a burlap sack or paper bag, is best.”
      “Around ten, and with John winning most of the games played, it was time to hit the sack.”
      “Strabo does not, however, explicitly refer to the sack of the city of Old Pleuron.”
sackcloth
  1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
  2. (Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. hair shirt, cilice
  4. Examples:
      5. “The statue has been covered in sackcloth in central Bangalore for more than a decade because of opposition from some Kannada organisations.”
      “And I pictured portly monks in sackcloth habits fighting off marauders with arrows blessed by some medieval bishop.”
      “Also, sackcloth was, and will be, in the case of the two witnesses, worn by some Prophets.”
sacking
  1. (uncountable) Cheap rough cloth such as would be used to make bags (sacks).
  2. (countable) Firing or termination of an employee.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. discharge, dismissal, firing, notice, job loss, the boot, pink slip, the elbow, walking papers, layoff, redundancy, axe, furlough, ax, ousting, the sack, lay-off, marching orders, defenestration, termination, removal, laying-off, one's cards, boot, sack, push, cashiering, deposal, chop, unemployment, heave-ho, retirement, redundance, severance, the old heave-ho, turfing out, the axe, expulsion, purge, axing, bullet, dislodgement, ejection, joblessness, downsizing, cutback, streamlining, letting go, early retirement, reduction in force … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “After several warnings for poor performance, the sacking of the employee was ultimately necessary for the company's productivity.”
sacket
  1. (Scotland) a small sack or wallet
  2. (Scotland) a small, especially rascally or stupid, person
sack
  1. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bag, receptacle, poke, satchel, pouch, pocket, sac, gunny, pack, mailbag, mailer, postbag, delivery bag, mail sack, container, purse, shoulder bag, mail pouch, punnet, wallet, reticule, compartment, money bag, cavity, hollow, chamber, hole, placket, socket, keister, carrier, string bag, shopping bag, carrier bag, paper bag, plastic bag, cubicle, slot, box, recess, niche, bay, cell, nook, corner, cubbyhole, cabin, enclosure, cube, carrel … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Storage of the potatoes in a cool place, in a burlap sack or paper bag, is best.”
      “Around ten, and with John winning most of the games played, it was time to hit the sack.”
      “Strabo does not, however, explicitly refer to the sack of the city of Old Pleuron.”
sacker
  1. Someone who plunders a village.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. raider, robber, marauder, plunderer, bandit, pirate, freebooter, thief, pillager, looter, buccaneer, highwayman, burglar, pilferer, housebreaker, assailant, ravager, attacker, invader, privateer, rustler, reaver, hijacker, aggressor, forager, reiver, holdupper, ransacker … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And as the trained soldier wheeled about and spurred away, the sacker of Rome turned a dark scowling face on Tignonville.”
      “For the sacker of Cities fell in battle within a few weeks after their reunion.”
      “The corn-sheller is a three horse-power, with fan and sacker attached.”
sacker
  1. Alternative form of saker (cannon)
  2. Synonyms:
      3. raider, robber, marauder, plunderer, bandit, pirate, freebooter, thief, pillager, looter, buccaneer, highwayman, burglar, pilferer, housebreaker, assailant, ravager, attacker, invader, privateer, rustler, reaver, hijacker, aggressor, forager, reiver, holdupper, ransacker … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And as the trained soldier wheeled about and spurred away, the sacker of Rome turned a dark scowling face on Tignonville.”
      “For the sacker of Cities fell in battle within a few weeks after their reunion.”
      “The corn-sheller is a three horse-power, with fan and sacker attached.”
sackful
  1. the amount a sack would contain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bagful, bag, oodles, quantity, scads, stockpile
sack
  1. Alternative spelling of sac
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bag, receptacle, poke, satchel, pouch, pocket, sac, gunny, pack, mailbag, mailer, postbag, delivery bag, mail sack, container, purse, shoulder bag, mail pouch, punnet, wallet, reticule, compartment, money bag, cavity, hollow, chamber, hole, placket, socket, keister, carrier, string bag, shopping bag, carrier bag, paper bag, plastic bag, cubicle, slot, box, recess, niche, bay, cell, nook, corner, cubbyhole, cabin, enclosure, cube, carrel … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Storage of the potatoes in a cool place, in a burlap sack or paper bag, is best.”
      “Around ten, and with John winning most of the games played, it was time to hit the sack.”
      “Strabo does not, however, explicitly refer to the sack of the city of Old Pleuron.”
sackload
  1. Sackful.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Christmas can be a stressful time of year, but there's no need to get in a tizz as we've got a sackload of ideas to get you started.”
      “But, with a depressing inevitability, it brought with it a sackload of trouble.”
      “Not only have we sorted the children''s wish list, but we''ve also found a sackload of savings on presents for the grown-ups.”
sackcloths
  1. plural of sackcloth
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hair shirts, cilices
sackloads
  1. plural of sackload
sacksful
  1. plural of sackful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bagsful, bags, oodles, quantities, scads, stockpiles
sackfuls
  1. plural of sackful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bagfuls, bags, oodles, quantities, stockpiles
  3. Examples:
      4. “A gang of Chinese immigrants, face deportation after being caught stealing sackfuls of protected cockles from a Scottish beach.”
      “As word of Balboa's discovery spread, other Spaniards headed for the Gulf of Panama and returned with sackfuls of pearls.”
      “Yes, it would have been lekker to bring home sackfuls of medals but the reality is that we're only just beginning to produce our great athletes.”
sackings
  1. plural of sacking
  2. Synonyms:
      3. discharges, dismissals, firings, notices, pink slips, walking papers, axes, oustings, defenestrations, removals, redundancies, layoffs, expulsions, ousters, depositions, furloughs, ejections, displacements, dethronements, dethronings, marching orders, boots, deposals, dislodgments, chops, terminations, topplings, sacks, pushes, cashierings, overthrows, impeachments, bounces, demotions, expellings, dislodgements, unemployments, redundances, severances, retirements, heave-hos, banishments, axings, replacements, bullets, purges, downfalls, downsizings, cutbacks, joblessness … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Workers remembered the privatisations, sackings, and attacks on social security and welfare.”
      “It has been a year of poachings, price cuts, sackings, slanging matches and eye-wateringly large payoffs.”
      “The mass sackings led to sympathy action by 1,000 British Airways ground staff and the halting of all BA flights at Heathrow Airport for more than 24 hours.”
sackets
  1. plural of sacket
sackers
  1. plural of sacker
  2. Synonyms:
      3. raiders, robbers, marauders, plunderers, bandits, pirates, freebooters, thieves, pillagers, looters, buccaneers, highwaymen, burglars, pilferers, housebreakers, assailants, ravagers, attackers, invaders, privateers, rustlers, reavers, hijackers, aggressors, foragers, reivers, ransackers … more
sacks
  1. plural of sack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bags, receptacles, pokes, satchels, pouches, pockets, sacs, gunny, packs, mailbags, mailers, postbags, shoulder bags, purses, containers, punnets, wallets, money bags, reticules, pocketbooks, cases, boxes, change purses, billfolds, handbags, clutches, sporrans, holders, vessels, packets, vesicles, enclosure, envelopes, kips, hay, beds, pads, racks, lairs, dosses, bunks, pits, cots, billets, berths, couches, bunk beds, hammocks, twin beds, couchettes … more
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