sacks
Fires from employment
Sacks is the plural of sack—a large bag, typically of coarse material: sacks of grain, burlap sacks.
To sack is to put into sacks, to fire someone from a job (She got the sack), or to plunder a conquered place.
In American football, a sack is tackling the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage: He led the league in sacks.
To hit the sack is to go to bed.
Flexible carrying containers
- burlapCoarse woven fiber
- gunnyCoarse jute fabric
- pouchesSmall flexible containers
- hessianCoarse woven jute cloth
jute · canvas · totes · satchels · mailbags · duffel · sandbags · feedbags
Bulk goods storage building
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- pantryHousehold provisions closet
- cellarUnderground storage room
granary · silo · storehouse · repository · hoarding · stashing · provisions · supplies
Cutting crops for collection
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- bushelsDry volume units
- yieldProduce or relinquish
produce · potatoes · onions · apples · picking · farmwork · agriculture · threshing
Terminating employment
- terminationAct of ending something
- layoffTermination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
Passing position in football
- tackleGear or takedown
- tackleGear or takedown
- defensiveProtective or easily threatened
- rushQuick sudden movement
blitz · fumble · downs · gridiron · NFL · interception · pocket · blindside
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
- heavinessState of being weighty
lugging · carrying · hoisting · shouldering · dragging · schlepping · toil · labor
bags
Flexible carrying containers
hessian · jute · canvas · totes · satchels · mailbags · duffel · sandbags · feedbags · gunnysacks
warehouse
Bulk goods storage building
cellar · granary · silo · storehouse · repository · hoarding · stashing · provisions · supplies · commodities
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
yield · produce · potatoes · onions · apples · picking · farmwork · agriculture · threshing · gleaning
firing
Terminating employment
- terminationAct of ending something
- layoffTermination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
discharge · pink slip · let go · axed · canned · downsizing · severance
quarterback
Passing position in football
rush · blitz · fumble · downs · gridiron · NFL · interception · pocket · blindside
weight
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- strainExcessive stretching force
heaviness · lugging · carrying · hoisting · shouldering · dragging · schlepping · toil · labor
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
delivery · loading · unloading · hauling · porters · dockworkers · pallets · distribution · logistics · stevedores
- marketsmarket, marketplace, stock market, bazaar, flea market
- containersbag, bags, box, boxes, bottle
- mail processingsorting machines, stamping, sorting, mail bags, mailbags
- medieval marketsstalls, booths, merchants, artisans, guilds
- cargo handlingforklifts, pallets, crates, containers, loaders
- shipping suppliespallets, crates, cardboard boxes, corrugated boxes, shrink wrap
sackscompletions
Acts of finishing
escapes · scrambles · touchdowns · passes · throws
- hit the sackGo to sleep
- sad sacksInept, pitiful people
- hitting the sackGoing to bed
- sack raceBagged hopping contest
- potato sackBurlap container for tubers
- sack lunchHomemade meal in bag
sack, sacking, sacked, sackful, sackcloth, sacklike, sacker, sackfuls, sackings