Pocket

Quick meaning: Pocket is a noun meaning (clothing) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A person's financial resources.
2. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
3. (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
4. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
5. (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) 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.
6. (Australian rules football) 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.
7. (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.

Example Sentences

I paid for it out of my own pocket.

The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.

"The financial impact of the fuel duty cut on people's pockets will in fact be minimal, […]"

“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

Word Forms

• pockets
• pocketing
• pocketting
• pocketed
• pocketted

Synonyms for pocket

Depending on context, synonyms include backfield, pot, trouser, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketbook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pouch, bag, sack, scoop, sac, purse.

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