Sachet vs. Sashay

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  • Sachet

    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.”

Wikipedia
  • Sachet (noun)

    A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.

  • Sachet (noun)

    A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.

  • Sachet (noun)

    A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

    “My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.”

  • Sashay (noun)

    A chassé.

  • Sashay (noun)

    A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.

  • Sashay (verb)

    To walk casually, showily or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.

  • Sashay (verb)

    To chassé when dancing.

  • Sashay (verb)

    To move sideways.

Wiktionary
  • Sachet (noun)

    a small sealed bag or packet containing a small quantity of something

    “a sachet of sugar”

  • Sachet (noun)

    a small bag containing dried scented material such as lavender, used to scent clothes.

  • Sachet (noun)

    dried, scented material for use in scenting clothes.

  • Sashay (verb)

    walk in an ostentatious yet casual manner, typically with exaggerated movements of the hips and shoulders

    “Louise was sashaying along in a long black satin dress”

  • Sashay (verb)

    perform the sashay

    “ladies center, men sashay, left allemande”

  • Sashay (noun)

    (in American square dancing) a figure in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps

    “roll away with a half sashay, then face your original partner”

Oxford Dictionary

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