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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sachet
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each pack contains six sachets of soluble granules which mix with water to make pleasant citrus flavour drinks.
▪ Single rupee sachets comprise about 70 per cent of the company's shampoo sales.
▪ Special sachets of aquatic plant fertilizer are currently available which can be merely pushed into the container beside the plants.
▪ That is why the sachet I have sent you is so important.
▪ The sachets of white pills were locked away in the school secretary's cupboard.
▪ Warm it up, add four sachets of gelatin and stir until it's all dissolved.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sachet

Sachet \Sa`chet"\, n. [F., dim. of sac. See Sac.] A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sachet

"small perfumed bag," 1838, from French sachet (12c.), diminutive of sac (see sac). A reborrowing of a word that had been used 15c. in the sense "small bag, wallet."

Wiktionary
sachet

n. 1 (context cooking English) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving. 2 A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

WordNet
sachet

n. a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to perfume items in a drawer or chest

Wikipedia
Sachet

Sachet cushion of the 16th century]] [[ déshydratants sodepac.JPG|thumb|

Sachets containing desiccants]] A sachet is a small cloth scented bag filled with herbs, potpourri, or aromatic ingredients. A sachet is also a small porous bag or packet containing a material intended to interact with its atmosphere; for example desiccants are usually packed in sachets which are then placed in larger packages.

A sachet can be defined as a small soft bag containing perfumed or sweet-smelling items also referred to as an ascent bag, scent bag, sweet bag, sachet bag, sachet de senteurs, spiced sachet, potpourri sachet, scented sachet, perfume cushion, smelling cushion, scented cushion, fragrant bag, pomander and "dream pillow."

  1. Simmonds, p. 324↩
  2. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, p. 86↩
  3. Duff, p. 34↩
  4. Online Etymology Dictionary. "small perfumed bag," 1838, from Fr. sachet (12c.), dim. of sac (see sac). A reborrowing of a word that had been used 15c. in the sense "small bag, wallet."↩
  5. Oster, p. 54↩
  6. Hunter, p. 4080↩
  7. Sweringen, p. 341↩
  8. Gasc, p. 500↩
  9. Tibbins, p. 943↩
  10. Natural Remedies↩
  11. Cultural China↩
Sachet (surname)

Sachet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ameer Sachet (born 1963), Swedish politician
  • Donna Sachet, American drag queen
  • Marie-Hélène Sachet (1922–1986), French botanist

Usage examples of "sachet".

The scent of vanilla, marjoram and cinnamon from her strategically-placed sachets mingling with the smell of aged leather, fresh paint and the ever-present river.

She selected bags of sage leaves and chamomile flowers, ground monkshood rootstock and leaves, then a small sachet of anise flowers.

Safely locked in a cubicle, he took out one of the origami sachets stashed in his wallet and inhaled the contents off the back of his hand.

Meg was bringing Georgia fatwood to light a bonfire, Whit had been given the task of sewing herb sachets to hang on the tree as gifts to the God and Goddess, and Chelsea was going to figure out some kind of maypole.

Handmade things, mostly, that smelled like Mudd, a sachet of sour vinegar and rosewater perfume.

Dinger opened foil sachets of bangers and beans and got them on the go.

I lit a hexy burner, put the grenade box on top, and the blokes tipped in their sachets of beef stew and rice for a communal scoff.

By morning she had made a sachet for Arthur Stuart and one for herself, and sachets for each of the colonels.

Her skirts swirled as she stood, and Marghe caught the warm, musky smell of her skin mixed with the sharper, sweeter scent of the herb sachets Kenisi made for the family to lay in with their clothes.

Into that I systematically put two or three capsules from each bottle, and two or three pills of each sort, and small sachets of herbs: and Pen, I thought, was going to have a fine old time sorting them all out.

The sachet would act as amulet of protection, but because it was empowered it would also be a talisman, attracting health, abundance or love, according to its composition.

His stock ranged from essences absolues — floral oils, tinctures, extracts, secretions, balms, resins and other drugs in dry, liquid or waxy form — through diverse pomades, pastes, powders, soaps, creams, sachets, bandolines, brilliantines, moustache waxes, wart removers and beauty spots, all the way to bath oils, lotions, smelling salts, toilet vinegars and countless genuine perfumes.

Templeton's lilac scented body lotion, which she'd applied to her skin before retiring, the fragrance of the sachet in the daughter's underwear drawer.

Silvia Rabal's trust in technology did not extend to nourishment and her talisman was a soft leather bag containing sachets of camomile tea and various other pods, seeds, and dried herbs.

Traditionally, sachets of empowered herbs were tied with three, six or nine knots of ribbon or twine, these being magical numbers.