sachet
See also: Sachet
English
Noun
sachet (plural sachets)
- A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
- (cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
- A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.
- My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.
- 2019 January 15, Christopher Joyce, “A New Weapon In The War Against Plastic Waste”, in npr:
- In the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia, the problem was compounded by a new kind of plastic packaging that took flight in the 1980s — the sachet. It was a plastic pouch but often bulked up with layers of aluminum or paper for shape or durability. […] Sachets are cheap, flashy and convenient.
Derived terms
Translations
cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ.ʃɛ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: sa‧chet
French
Etymology
sac + -et, with palatalization of c
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ʃɛ/
Descendants
- → English: sachet
Further reading
- “sachet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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