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Meaning of 'pouch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pouch [ n.]
- A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
- That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch
- A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
- A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.
- A cyst or sac containing fluid.
- A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
2 . Pouch [ v. t.]
- To put or take into a pouch.
- To swallow; -- said of fowls.
- To pout.
- To pocket; to put up with.

Meaning of 'pouch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pouch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an enclosed space
Example in sentence:
  • the trapped miners found a pocket of air
2 . pouch [ v]
Meaning (2):
- swell or protrude outwards
Example in sentence:
  • His stomach bulged after the huge meal

Nearby Words:

pouch-mouthed pouch-shell pouched pouchet box pouching pouchong poudre poudrette poulaine pouldavis

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