Pocket

Word POCKET
Character 6
Hyphenation pock et
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pocket"

What do we mean by pocket?

A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt. noun

A small sack or bag. noun

A receptacle, cavity, or opening. noun

Financial means; money supply. noun

A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore. noun

A small body or accumulation of ore. noun

A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial. noun

One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table. noun

The webbing attached to the head of a lacrosse stick, in which the ball is caught and held. noun

The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught. noun

A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side. noun

A small, isolated, or protected area or group. noun

The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball. noun

An air pocket. noun

A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials. noun

Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket. adjective

Small; miniature. adjective

Designating the two cards that are dealt to a player face down in Texas hold'em. adjective

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.

The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.

An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.

A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

The pouch of an animal.

The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

A bight on a lee shore.

A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pocket

The word "pocket" in example sentences

The term "pocket deal" usually implies that a broker is intimately involved in working with the seller, despite the lack of an official listing. ❋ By MARC SANTORA (2011)

Cash in pocket is liquid, house values are illiquid. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I knew he was well off, so probably he could afford the £5; but at the end of the term pocket-money was not a plentiful commodity. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

For example, optimizing for the term pocket protectors may result in traffic from terms such as leather pocket protectors, plastic pocket protector, clear pocket protector, vinyl pocket protector, pocket pen protector, and many others, depending on the types of products offered. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Keeping legislators in their pocket is the main objective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In his pocket is a photograph of Mickey Carlyle, a seven-year-old girl kidnapped three years before and presumed dead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These reporting/carrying rules in the US make that ~legal~ diversion look much more like illegal activity; having to prove that the large whack of cash in your pocket is a gambling stake rather than drug money. ❋ Canadian Silver Bug/Green Assassin Brigade (2009)

Twenty bucks in the pocket is a whole lot cheaper than a tow bill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My everyday knife that I keep in my pocket is a Kershaw. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It turns out the magma pocket is accidentally manmade by a rogue scientist in the computer lab using sound to cook logic diamonds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Los Angeles is filled with so many unexplored surprises, and most of these are nestled in what I call pocket neighborhoods here in Los Angeles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Scrote walks into shop, in his pocket is a note demanding money, scrote has with him a ‘barbell’ bar, he walks up to elderly shopkeeper and clouts him around head with bar, causes cut requiring 3 ‘paper’ stitches. amazingly shopkeeper chases him out of shop. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2007)

Which, when you love books and the twenty rupees in your pocket is your allowance for the whole month, is a Very Good Thing. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In his pocket is a letter with a visible signature. ❋ Unknown (2003)

PS: Some of the best "tissue" that I have found for the pocket is actually napkins from Burger King franchises. ❋ Unknown (2003)

One of the carmen fumbled in what he called his pocket, and at last produced a very dirty note. ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)

Breeders themselves can be held accountable if they are selling what they call pocket beagles when they know that the beagles they are selling are really unhealthy beagles with conditions such as hip dysplasia or epilepsy.

"We have three categories of what we call pocket products," noted Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer in the company's conference call with investors this week. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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