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Defenition of the word pocket

    • Defenition of the word pocket

      • A kind of pouch, which is accessible by an opening in an article of clothing and serves for storage; usually large enough in order to accommodate at least one hand.
      • To take into possession by putting it somewhere into the clothing one is wearing
      • An opening suitable or meant to receive something
      • To take possession of property belonging to another without the consent of this owner; most typically when not observed, rather than by force.
      • a small pouch in a garment for carrying small articles
      • a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
      • put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
      • take unlawfully
      • a saclike structure in any of various animals
      • an enclosed space
      • a hollow concave shape made by removing something
      • a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
      • an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
      • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
      • a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
      • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
      • a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers'' pockets"
      • (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
      • an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
      • put in one''s pocket; "He pocketed the change"
      • a small isolated group of people
      • a supply of money
      • (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
      • put in one's pocket

    Synonyms for the word pocket

      • abridged
      • appropriate
      • bag
      • compact
      • compartment
      • concise
      • help yourself to
      • pinch
      • pouch
      • purloin
      • receptacle
      • reduced-size
      • sac
      • sack
      • scoop
      • short
      • small
      • steal
      • take

    Similar words in the pocket

      • pocket
      • pocket's
      • pocketbook
      • pocketbook's
      • pocketbooks
      • pocketed
      • pocketful
      • pocketful's
      • pocketfuls
      • pocketing
      • pocketknife
      • pocketknife's
      • pocketknives

    Meronymys for the word pocket

      • billiard table
      • garment
      • pocket flap
      • pool table
      • snooker table

    Hyponyms for the word pocket

      • atrial auricle
      • auricle
      • auricula
      • auricula atrii
      • auricular appendage
      • auricular appendix
      • breast pocket
      • cheek pouch
      • corner pocket
      • gastric mill
      • gizzard
      • hip pocket
      • marsupium
      • patch pocket
      • scrotum
      • side pocket
      • slash pocket
      • utricle
      • utriculus
      • ventriculus
      • vest pocket

    Hypernyms for the word pocket

      • atmospheric phenomenon
      • cash in hand
      • cavity
      • concave shape
      • concavity
      • enclosed space
      • finances
      • funds
      • gap
      • incurvation
      • incurvature
      • monetary resource
      • opening
      • pecuniary resource
      • people
      • pouch
      • sac
      • space
      • steal
      • take

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