noun
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a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles“My trousers had four pockets – two at the front and two at the back.”
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an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck“I sunk three balls in the far-right pocket.”
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in anatomy, a saclike structure in animals, for example marsupials, gophers, or pelicans“Pelicans can fit fish into their pockets.”pouch
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a small isolated group of people“They were concentrated in pockets inside the city.”
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a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly“The passengers screamed when the plane hit a pocket.”air hole
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a supply of money“They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets.”
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a hollow concave shape made by removing something“I made a pocket in the mashed potato, into which I poured gravy.”scoop
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in bowling, the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left“The ball hit the pocket and gave them a perfect strike.”
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an enclosed space“The trapped miners found a pocket of air.”sack
verb
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to put in one's pocket“I pocketed the change.”
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to take unlawfully“I pocketed the ring and ran out of the store.”bag