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Meaning of 'pocket'
Meaning of 'pocket' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Pocket 
[ n.]
- A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a
garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence,
figuratively, money; wealth. [ n.]- One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
- A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
- A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
- A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
- A hole containing water.
- A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
- Same as Pouch.
2. Pocket [ v. t.]
- To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the
change. [ v. t.]- To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
Meaning of 'pocket' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pocket [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
Example in sentence:
- the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
Meaning (2):
- an enclosed space
- an enclosed space
Example in sentence:
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
Meaning (3):
- a supply of money
- a supply of money
Example in sentence:
- they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
Meaning (4):
- a small isolated group of people
- a small isolated group of people
Example in sentence:
- the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance;
- they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
2. pocket [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- put in one's pocket
- put in one's pocket
Example in sentence:
- He pocketed the change
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