sack

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] a large bag with no handles, made of strong rough material or strong paper or plastic, used for storing and carrying, for example flour, coal, etc. 2 [C] the contents of a sack: They got through a sack of potatoes. * (AmE) two sacks of groceries 3 (the sack) [sing.] (informal, especially AmE) a bed: He caught them in the sack together. 4 (usually the sack) [sing.] (formal) the act of stealing or destroying property in a captured town: the sack of Rome IDIOMS get the sack