Antonyms for sachet


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sa-shey or, esp. British, sash-ey
Phonetic Transcription : sæˈʃeɪ or, esp. British, ˈsæʃ eɪ


Definition of sachet

Origin :
  • "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."
  • noun scented bag
Example sentences :
  • When she sighed she exhaled a heavy perfume of sachet powder.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • The air was heavy with the smell of stale grease paint, ointments, and sachet.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • To wear any redolence on the person in the shape of sachet bags is unpardonable.
  • Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
  • It was in the middle tray of my trunk, packed with tissue paper and sachet.
  • Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • The book was scented with the sachet, and had a sickly perfume; it was incense to Jane.
  • Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • It was the sachet into which she had sewn the Disturbing Charm.
  • Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
  • Sachet unpinned, and refastened to the brocade lining of the tweed coat.
  • Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck
  • Griselda opened her sachet and took from it a crimson silk purse.
  • Extract from : « Her Season in Bath » by Emma Marshall
  • She smelled pleasantly of sachet and a certain heady scent she affected.
  • Extract from : « Half Portions » by Edna Ferber
  • In the fragments of the sachet I found six smaller diamonds and a pair of rubies.
  • Extract from : « Under the Red Robe » by Stanley Weyman

Synonyms for sachet

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