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# sachet

noun (a sachet, sachets)

«sachet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small sealed plastic or paper packet holding a small amount of something, like sugar, ketchup, shampoo or medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#m1)
2. A small cloth bag of nice-smelling dried flowers or herbs, put in drawers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x1)
- Mix one sachet of powder in a glass of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x2)
- Gran puts lavender sachets in her drawers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x3)
- The hotel gave us little sachets of shampoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x4)
- A box holds 20 sachets of hot chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x5)
- Don't leave empty sachets on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sachet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sachet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sachet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sachet.html) on Mova free.