Sac

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  • noun. A pouch or pouchlike structure in an organism, sometimes filled with fluid.
  • noun. A sacrifice fly.
  • noun. A sacrifice bunt.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A member of a tribe of Algonkin Indians, allied to the Foxes, who lived near the upper Mississippi previous to the Black Hawk war of 1832. The greater part are now on reservations.
  • noun. In law, the privilege enjoyed by the lord of a manor of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. Also saccage.
  • noun. In bot., anat., and zoology, a sack, cyst, bag, bursa, pouch, purse, or receptacle of some kind specified by a qualifying word; a saccule; a saccus.
  • noun. Synonyms Sac, Saccule, Saccus, Sacculus. The first two are English, the last two Latin and only technically used, chiefly in special phrases. There is no such difference in meaning as the form of the words would imply, some of the largest sacs being called saccules or sacculi, some of the smallest sacs or sacci.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See sacs.
  • noun. The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
  • noun. See 2d sack.
  • noun. A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
  • verb. To sacrifice (a creature).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an enclosed space
  • noun. a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
  • noun. a structure resembling a bag in an animal
  • noun. a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
    • Word Usage
    "The excess amniotic fluid was then removed from the recipient twin sac, and antibiotics were placed into the uterine cavity to decrease the risk of infection."
    cross-reference
    adipose  calcareous sac  cirrus-sac  copulating sac  coxal sacs  
    Form
    vocal sac  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cavity  cover  covering  enclosed space  natural covering  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adak  Black  Braque  Chirac  Jack  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bladder  cavity  cyst  gland  membrane  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bag  bladder  bursa  cyst  cysticle  
    variant
    sack  sacs  
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