Packet and Sack

Packet

Packet noun - A wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items.

Usage example: a packet of letters that her husband wrote while he was in the army

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Sack and packet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sack" instead a noun "Packet".

Nearby Words: pack, package

Sack noun - A container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic).

Usage example: asked the bagger to put all the loaves of bread in the same sack

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Packet and sack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Packet" instead a noun "Sack".

Nearby Words: sacked, sacking, sackful

Neil: That wasn't a sack of potatoes, Mike, it was a packet of Smashnote A well-known (at the time) brand of instant mashed potato!

Source: Series / The Young Ones
In the No Holds Barred video edition, his kit for the "school sports day" in which he competed with fellow regulars David Gower, Lee Hurst, and Rory McGrath was covered in Walker's logos, and his sack for the sack race was styled to look like a giant crisp packet.

Source: Product Placement / Live-Action TV
Perhaps the shining example came from the No Holds Barred video, in which the four regulars took part in a mock school sports day and Lineker's shirt and shorts were festooned with Walker's Crisps logos, while his sack for the sack race looked like a giant crisp packet.

Source: Series / They Think It's All Over

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