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Plural of sack

regular plural

The plural of sack is sacks.

Forms of sack

Singularsack /sæk/
Pluralsacks /sæks/
Countableusually uncountable

Sacks in a sentence

  • My great-grandfather worked in a mill. He filled the flour sacks and then carried and loaded them.From the entry mill
  • Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'From the entry inshell
  • Exploded through the bar with three sacks of convenience store chicken, cheesing from ear to ear.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 189. From the entry cheese
  • He also had 20 tackles for loss and three sacks last year, when he injured his shoulder.2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry tackle for loss
  • Hats full! caps full, Bushel—Bushel—sacks full, And my pockets full too.”2016, Alice Morse Earle, Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth, Krill Press via PublishDrive, →ISBN. From the entry clayen

Meaning of sack

  1. noun A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
  2. noun The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
  3. noun The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

Full definition of sack

Questions about the plural of sack

What is the plural of sack?
The plural of sack is sacks.
Is sack countable?
Sack is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sack (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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