ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sac

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /sæk/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sac is a noun meaning A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.
  2. (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.
  3. (UK, law, 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.

Example Sentences

I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for sac

Depending on context, synonyms include sack, pouch, pocket, theca.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include theca, pouch, pocket, sack, claviform, entoderm.

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