"sack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg [US] Forms: sack [singular], sacks [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A sack is a bag used to hold things.
    Sense id: simple-sack-en-noun-j1PhZ8VC
  2. To sack is to plunder and pillage a captured town or city.
    Sense id: simple-sack-en-noun-4ws-aZ-7
  3. The sack is a slang word for bed.
    Sense id: simple-sack-en-noun-3GygQfoR

Verb

IPA: /sæk/ Audio: en-us-sack.ogg [US] Forms: sack [canonical], sacks [third-person, singular], sacked [past], sacked [past, participle], sacking [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If the company sacks you, they end your job; they fire you.
    Sense id: simple-sack-en-verb-7ivCJHlO
  2. To plunder or pillage a captured town or city.
    Sense id: simple-sack-en-verb-OyBEzWUU
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