sack

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.

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).

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.

(colloquial, US) Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

(dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

(vulgar, slang) The scrotum.