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sac¹

  • /sæk/

Sounds like sack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

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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.

noun sacs

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

sac²

  • /sæk/

Sounds like sack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of sacrifice.

verb sacs · sacking · saccing · sacked · sacced

  1. informal, transitive To sacrifice. Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.

noun sacs

  1. informal, transitive A sacrifice. Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

sac³

  • /sæk/

Sounds like sack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

See sake, soc.

noun

  1. UK, historical 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. But it is really the court-baron which represents the ancient assembly of the mark, while the court-leet represents the lord's jurisdiction of sac and soc, whether granted before or since the coming of William.

SAC⁴

noun SACs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of senior aircraftman.senior aircraftman
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of saeculum ante Christum (“era before Christ”).saeculum ante Christum

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Sacramento.Sacramento
  2. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Strategic Air Command.Strategic Air Command
  3. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of surface air consumption.surface air consumption

Sac⁵

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Sauk.Sauk

noun Sacs · Sac

  1. alternative Alternative form of Sauk.Sauk

Sac⁶

Where it comes from

Clipping of Sacramento.

proper noun

  1. informal The city of Sacramento, California, United States.

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