sack
♦ sack /s'æk/ (sacks sacking sacked)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A sack is a large bag made of rough woven material. Sacks are used to carry or store things such as vegetables or coal.
...a sack of potatoes.
2 [VERB] V n
If your employers sack you, they tell you that you can no longer work for them because you have done something that they did not like or because your work was not good enough. (BUSINESS)
Earlier today the Prime Minister sacked 18 government officials for corruption...
= fire
[N-SING] the N
Sack is also a noun.
People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.
3 [N-SING] the N
Some people refer to bed as the sack. (INFORMAL)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A sack is a large bag made of rough woven material. Sacks are used to carry or store things such as vegetables or coal.
...a sack of potatoes.
2 [VERB] V n
If your employers sack you, they tell you that you can no longer work for them because you have done something that they did not like or because your work was not good enough. (BUSINESS)
Earlier today the Prime Minister sacked 18 government officials for corruption...
= fire
[N-SING] the N
Sack is also a noun.
People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.
3 [N-SING] the N
Some people refer to bed as the sack. (INFORMAL)