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| 1. | [ noun ] (clothing) a small pouch in a garment for carrying small articles | |
| Related terms: | pouch vest_pocket patch_pocket breast_pocket hip_pocket slash_pocket garment pocket_flap | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a supply of money | |
| Examples: | "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" |
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| Related terms: | funds | |
| 3. | [ noun ] an enclosed space | |
| Synonyms: | sac sack pouch | |
| Examples: | "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" |
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| Related terms: | cavity | |
| 4. | [ verb ] put in one's pocket | |
| Synonyms: | bag | |
| Examples: | "He pocketed the change" |
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| Related terms: | take | |
| 5. | [ noun ] an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | |
| Related terms: | opening corner_pocket side_pocket pool_table | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (meteorology) a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | |
| Synonyms: | air_hole air_pocket | |
| Related terms: | atmospheric_phenomenon | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a hollow concave shape made by removing something | |
| Synonyms: | scoop | |
| Related terms: | concavity scoop | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a small isolated group of people | |
| Examples: | "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city" "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance" |
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| Related terms: | people | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (criminal law) take unlawfully | |
| Synonyms: | bag | |
| Related terms: | steal | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next behind it on the right or left | |
| Examples: | "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike" |
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| Related terms: | space bowling | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | |
| Synonyms: | pouch | |
| Related terms: | sac gizzard utricle auricle cheek_pouch marsupium scrotum auricula anatomy | |
| Similar spelling: |
posset pocked pouched poached Poquette poke_at post picket packet Puckett posit poke_out pickett Packett |
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