sachet

«sachet» in Mova's school dictionary: A small sealed plastic or paper packet holding a small… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a sachet, sachets)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small sealed plastic or paper packet holding a small amount of something, like sugar, ketchup, shampoo or medicine. tree →

2) A small cloth bag of nice-smelling dried flowers or herbs, put in drawers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, sachets come with takeaways (ketchup), in cafés (sugar) and with medicine (powders to mix with water). In maths problems, sachets are counted: "Each box has 12 sachets; how many in 5 boxes?" 12 × 5 = 60. Phrases: a sachet of sugar, sachet of ketchup, lavender sachet.

examples

• Can I have a sachet of ketchup, please? tree →
• Mix one sachet of powder in a glass of water. tree →
• Gran puts lavender sachets in her drawers. tree →
• The hotel gave us little sachets of shampoo. tree →
• A box holds 20 sachets of hot chocolate. tree →
• Don't leave empty sachets on the table. tree →

note

Pronounced "SASH-ay" — a French word in English. Countable: a sachet, sachets. In maths, total = sachets per box × boxes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sachet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.