sachet
nounUK /ˈsæʃeɪ/ · US /ˈsæʃeɪ/
Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French sachet.
1
A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
3
A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.
- My burger arrived with a plastic sachet of tomato ketchup.
- 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.2019 January 15, Christopher Joyce, “A New Weapon In The War Against Plastic Waste”, in NPR:
- Derived terms
- sacheted, sachet water, water sachet