sack

Meanings

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
• an enclosed space
• the quantity contained in a sack
• any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
• a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
• a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
• the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
  • "the sack of Rome"
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• plunder (a town) after capture
  • "the barbarians sacked Rome"
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• make as a net profit
• put in a sack
  • "The grocer sacked the onions"

Synonyms

can, carrier bag, chemise, clear, discharge, dismiss, dismissal, dismission, displace, fire, firing, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, hammock, liberation, net, paper bag, plunder, pocket, poke, pouch, release, sac, sack up, sackful, sacking, sacque, send away, shift, terminate