Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small pouch of perfumed powder used to scent clothes, as in trunks or closets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small bag, usually embroidered or otherwise ornamented, containing a perfume in the form of powder, or some perfumed substance; also, a small cushion or some similar object, the stuffing of which is strongly perfumed, placed among articles of dress, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cheesecloth bag ofherbs and/orspices added during cooking and then removed before serving. - noun A small, sealed
packet containing a single-use quantity of any material
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In what came to be called the "sachet revolution," products such as toothpaste, hair oil, skin cream and cooking oil took on the same packaging.
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In what came to be called the "sachet revolution," products such as toothpaste, hair oil, skin cream and cooking oil took on the same packaging.
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Desuasio said Mejia denied the sachet was his and claimed he was set up.
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Desuasio said Mejia denied the sachet was his and claimed he was set up.
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Desuasio said Mejia denied the sachet was his and claimed he was set up.
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Desuasio said Mejia denied the sachet was his and claimed he was set up.
FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2010
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Nasuta sab nga nag-away ang biktima ug ang iyang bana sa wa masayring rason hinungdan nga gikuha sa biktima ang usa ka sachet sa Clorox ug dayon gisagol sa alcohol ug gilala.
Sun.Star Network Online - Your Source of Philippine Community News 2009
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This fungicide is contained within a sachet which is placed inside the sofas in order to protect against mould during storage, transit and everyday usage.
Archive 2008-08-01 Thatsnews 2008
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This fungicide is contained within a sachet which is placed inside the sofas in order to protect against mould during storage, transit and everyday usage.
Watchdog and Russell Jones & Walker provide sofa injury claims update Thatsnews 2008
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Every day, when George came home from his work, he found some new article completed, and was ravished by the scent of some new kind of sachet powder.
Damaged Goods; the great play "Les avaries" by Brieux, novelized with the approval of the author Eug��ne Brieux 1895
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The aroma of new-sawn timber and sawdust began to be mingled with the feminine odour of sachet and flowers.
- Frank Norris, The Octopus, ch. 5
August 15, 2008