pouch
Noun
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A small or medium size container for holding or carrying things (synset 103999538)
is a type of: bag - a flexible container with a single openingsubtypes:
- mail pouch, mailbag - pouch used in the shipment of mail
- pocket - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- sporran - a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
- tobacco pouch - a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
- belt bag, waist pack - a small pouch (usually with a zipper) that attaches to a belt and is worn around the waist
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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
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(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 animalsis a type of: sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animalsubtypes:
- 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: pocket
Verb
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Put into a small bag (synset 201488676)
is a type of: bag - put into a bag
- Send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels (synset 201440820)
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Swell or protrude outwards (synset 200264117)
"His stomach bulged after the huge meal"subtypes: bulk - stick out or up
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