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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is sack a noun, verb, or something else?
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