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sac.

A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sæk/
  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Ancient Greek σᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)bor. Latin saccus Old French sac French sacbor. English sac Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of saccus, sack, saco, and sakkos.

verb/sæk/
  1. To sacrifice.

    informal · transitive
    Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
    I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of sacrifice.

noun/sæk/
  1. A sacrifice.

    informal · transitive
    Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Where this word comes from

Clipping of sacrifice.

noun/sæk/
  1. The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines; now used only in the phrase sac and soc or soc and sac.

    UK · historical
Where this word comes from

See sake, soc.

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