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sachet

UK/ˈsæʃeɪ/US/ˈsæʃeɪ/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,552 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: sachets

A sachet is a small sealed packet holding one dose or portion. A sachet of sugar, tear open the sachet, a shampoo sachet.

Single-use ones are how a great deal of the world buys shampoo and detergent, since a sachet costs what somebody has today, and they are also an enormous source of plastic waste. The word is French and means a little bag.

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Definitions of sachet

  1. 1nounsachetA small sealed packet holding one dose or portion.B2+

    “The hotel room had sachets of coffee, sugar and tea beside the kettle.”

sachet is a packet.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    sachet

  2. English, today

    sachet

French sachet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Containers & Packaging

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sachet in the wild

  • The Abutilon sachet is a rare plant that was named after her.

    Marie-Hélène Sachet

  • Water sachets are cheaper to produce than plastic bottles, and easier to transport.

    Water sachet

  • In some countries, water vendors refer to sachet water as "pure water".

    Water sachet

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.