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- [sak]
- /sæk/
- /sæk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sak]
- /sæk/
Definitions of sack word
- noun sack a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands. 1
- verb with object sack to pillage or loot after capture; plunder: to sack a city. 1
- idioms sack hit the sack, Slang. to go to bed; go to sleep: He never hits the sack before midnight. 1
- idioms sack leave holding the sack. bag (def 28). 1
- noun sack large bag 1
- transitive verb sack dismiss from job 1
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Origin of sack
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1940-45 for def 5; Middle English sak (noun), sakken (v.), Old English sacc (noun) < Latin saccus bag, sackcloth < Greek sákkos < Semitic; compare Hebrew śaq
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Parts of speech for Sack
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sack popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sack usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sack
noun sack
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- attache — An attaché is a member of staff in an embassy, usually with a special responsibility for something.
- attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- bedstead — A bedstead is the metal or wooden frame of an old-fashioned bed.
verb sack
- ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- beggaring — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
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