sac Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an enclosed space
    pocket; pouch; sack.
    • the trapped miners found a pocket of air
  2. noun a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule
    theca.
  3. noun a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay
    Sauk.
  4. noun a structure resembling a bag in an animal

WordNet

Sac noun
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) See Sace.
Sac noun
Etymology
See Sake, Soc.
Definitions
  1. (O.Eng. Law) The privilege formerly enjoyed the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines. Cowell.
Sac noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a bag.
Definitions
  1. See 2d Sack.
  2. (Biol.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.

Webster 1913