"pocket" | Definition and Related Words

pocket

Noun

A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles (synset 103978882)
is a type of: pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
subtypes:
- breast pocket - a pocket inside of a man's coat
- hip pocket - a pocket in rear of trousers
- patch pocket - a flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment
- slash pocket - a pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garment
- vest pocket - a small pocket in a man's vest
has: pocket flap - a flap that covers the access to a pocket

is a part of: garment - an article of clothing
An enclosed space (synset 113937488)
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"

is a type of: cavity, enclosed space - space that is surrounded by something

same as: pouch, sac, sack
A supply of money (synset 113377947)
"they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"

is a type of: cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left (synset 113934675)
"the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"

referred to in: bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them

is a type of: space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
A hollow concave shape made by removing something (synset 113916999)
is a type of: concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward

same as: scoop
A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly (synset 111443142)
is a type of: atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere

same as: air hole, air pocket
A small isolated group of people (synset 107966676)
"they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"

is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) (synset 105524499)
referred to in: anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

is a type of: sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal
subtypes:
- gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus - thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
- utricle, utriculus - a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
- atrial auricle, auricle, auricula atrii - a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart
- auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix - a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
- cheek pouch - a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)
- marsupium - an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
- scrotum - the external pouch that contains the testes
same as: pouch
An opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck (synset 103979157)
is a type of: gap, opening - an open or empty space in or between things
subtypes:
- corner pocket - a pocket at the corner of a billiard table
- side pocket - a pocket on the side of a billiard table
is a part of: billiard table, pool table, snooker table - game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played

Verb

Put in one's pocket (synset 202283437)
"He pocketed the change"

is a type of: take - take into one's possession
Take unlawfully (synset 202297393)
is a type of: rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent

same as: bag

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