The Meaning of sack

• (n.) A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
• (n.) See 2d Sac, 2.
• (n.) Bed.
• (v. t.) To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
• (v. t.) To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
• (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
• (v. t.) To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

Synonyms

poke , paper bag , carrier bag , pouch , sac , pocket , sackful , sacque , hammock , chemise , shift , dismissal , dismission , discharge , firing , liberation , release , sacking , plunder , displace , fire , give notice , can , dismiss , give the axe , send away , force out , give the sack , terminate , net , sack up , clear

Antonyms

hire

Homophones

sac , sacque , sak

Rhymes

aback , ack , adak , akc , almanac , amnesiac , anorak , attack , back , backe , backpack , backtrack , bak , bakke , beaulac , biofeedback , black , blackjack , boback , brac , brack , brakke , braque , brumback , bushwhack , buyback , cac , cadillac , cardiac , chirac , clack , claque , cognac , comeback , counterattack , crack , crackerjack , cutback , dac , dack , dak , drawback , dulac , fac , fallback , feedback , flack , flak , flapjack , flashback , fullback , greenback , gunnysack , hack , hacke , hackensack , hackmatack , halfback , haq , hardback , hatchback , haystack , hibaaq , hijack , hoback , horseback , humpback , hunchback , insomniac , jac , jack , jacques , kickback , knack , knapsack , knick-knack , knickknack , kodak , kodiak , krack , kracke , kwak , lac , lack , lak , leaseback , leatherback , lilac , lumberjack , mac , mack , macke , maniac , megalomaniac , merrimack , nacke , netback , nyack , nymphomaniac , outback , pac , pack , pak , paperback , paque , paranoiac , payback , piggyback , plack , placke , plaque , playback , pontiac , post-attack , prickleback , prozac , ptak , pullback , quack , quarterback , racetrack , rack , ransack , razorback , repack , roback , rollback , ryback , sac , sacque , sak , schack , schlack , schnack , schrack , setback , shack , shaq , sidetrack , skipjack , slack , slayback , smack , smokestack , snack , soundtrack , spack , spak , stac , stack , strack , stracke , tac , tack , tarmac , thack , throwback , thwack , trac , track , trak , unpack , vanvlack , wack , wacke , whack , wingback , wisecrack , wrack , yack , yak , zach , zack , zodiac