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Sack n. : A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Sack 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.

Sack 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.

Sack 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.

Sack n. : A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Sack n. : See 2d Sac, 2.

Sack n. : Bed.

Sack v. t. : To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

Sack v. t. : To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

Sack n. : The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

Sack v. t. : To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

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Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
Sack, a type of white fortified wine. Bed (furniture) or sleeping bag, as in the phrase 'hitting the sack' (going to bed) Selective acknowledgement (SACK), in computer networking ... Sad Sack, a comic strip/book character. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) poke
  (noun) paper bag
  (noun) carrier bag
  (noun) pouch
  (noun) sac
  (noun) pocket
  (noun) sackful
  (noun) sacque
  (noun) hammock
  (noun) chemise
  (noun) shift
  (noun) dismissal
  (noun) dismission
  (noun) discharge
  (noun) firing
  (noun) liberation
  (noun) release
  (noun) sacking
  (noun) bag
  (noun) bed
  (noun) cavity
  (noun) conclusion
  (noun) containerful
  (noun) dress
  (noun) enclosed space
  (noun) ending
  (noun) frock
  (noun) jacket
  (noun) pillage
  (noun) pillaging
  (noun) plundering
  (noun) termination
  (noun) white wine
  (verb) plunder
  (verb) fire
  (verb) give notice
  (verb) can
  (verb) dismiss
  (verb) give the axe
  (verb) send away
  (verb) force out
  (verb) give the sack
  (verb) terminate
  (verb) net
  (verb) sack up
  (verb) clear
  (verb) benefit
  (verb) case
  (verb) encase
  (verb) gain
  (verb) incase
  (verb) profit
  (verb) remove
  (verb) take
antonyms
  (verb) hire
related terms
  (verb) sack up


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