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“Sacks” or “Sacs” or “Sax”

Overview

sacks / sacs / sax are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

sacks: (noun) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. (noun) the quantity contained in a sack. (noun) any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry). (noun) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket. (noun) the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter. (verb) plunder (a town) after capture. (verb) put in a sack.

sacs: (noun) a structure resembling a bag in an animal.

sax: (noun) a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894). (noun) a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.

Pronunciation

sacks: s·AE·k·s

sacs: s·AE·k·s

sax: s·AE·k·s

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Examples in Context

Examples of “sacks”

  • for fly-tipping of 35 rubbish sacks over seven nights, the shop
  • with 38 tackles and nine sacks.
  • with the Redskins with 82 sacks, second-most in franchise history, and
  • a CFL record with five sacks in a game against the
  • also leading the team in sacks.
  • led the NFL with 15 sacks in the 1993 season.
  • finished his career with six sacks, 288 tackles, and a forced
  • 9.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks for 34 yards and three
  • Sam Sacks of The Wall Street Journal
  • are simply defined as "direct sacks of printed matter ... sent

Examples of “sacs”

  • at South African College School (SACS) in Cape Town, a great
  • 13: Documents 2 - De sacs et de cordes
  • under övergången från diktatur till demokrati
  • has three pairs of sticky sacs and four eyespots.
  • spores, ascospores, are produced in sacs called asci.
  • cultured men were living like "Sacs and Sioux" in the wilderness
  • the 1980s, Suzuki used the "SACS" oil-cooling system on the GSX-R
  • Frihetlig Socialistisk Tidskrift ("Libertarian Socialist Magazine").
  • Males have paired subgular vocal sacs.
  • of yards and cul de sacs from former streets.

Examples of “sax”

  • jazz legends Lester Young (tenor sax) and Bud Powell (piano).
  • instruments), Wataru Okuma(clarinet), Nobuko Hino (sax, clarinet), and Natsuki Nakamura (Okinawan
  • Brian Jones replacing Harvey on sax.
  • Asdru Sierra, vocalist/guitarist Raul Pacheco, sax and clarinet player Ulises Bella,
  • Jose Espinosa: Alto sax on Ozomatli (DOB Unknown –
  • Workman, Tyrone Washington on tenor sax and drummer Lenny White, along
  • - One from the Heart: Sax at the Movies II (1994)
  • Thomas - Alto Sax, background vocals
  • dual role on keyboards and sax.
  • Mastering engineers: Gavin, Doug Sax


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