English Explanatory Dictionary

sac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
verb
  1. To sacrifice.
noun
  1. A sacrifice.
noun
  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.
noun
  1. Acronym of senior aircraftman.
  2. Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”).
name
  1. Abbreviation of Sacramento.
  2. Acronym of Strategic Air Command.
  3. Acronym of surface air consumption.
name
  1. Alternative form of Sauk.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Sauk.
name
  1. The city of Sacramento, California, United States.

Pronunciation

/sæk/ en-us-sack.ogg

Word forms

sac sacs sacking saccing sacked sacced

Etymology

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.

Related words

cul de sac poutchine au sac sac-a-lait sac lacsac up MAC TAC

Derived words

air sac amniotic sac anal sac ballsac castor sac dart sac egg sac embryo sac gestational sac gestation sac greater sac heart sac hernial sac honey sac ink sac lachrymal sac lacrimal sac laryngeal sac lesser sac liocranid sac spider nasolacrimal sac nectosac Needham's sac pseudosac sacbrood saccate sacciferous sac fry sac fungus sac-gut sacless saclike sac spider scrotal sac shell sac sperm sac sporosac tear sac vocal sac yolk sac sac bunt sac fly sal sac Sac City Sac County West Sac
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