adjective
1. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
- pocket dictionary
2. Smaller or more compact than usual.
- pocket battleship
3. (Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.
- A pocket pair of kings.
noun
1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
Definition categories: man–made, pouch
2. an enclosed space
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
Similar word(s): pouch, sac, sack
Definition categories: shape, cavity
3. a supply of money
- they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
Definition categories: possession, finances, funds
4. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
Definition categories: shape, space
5. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
Similar word(s): scoop
Definition categories: shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
6. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
Definition categories: phenomenon
7. a small isolated group of people
- they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
- the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
Definition categories: group, people
8. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
Similar word(s): pouch
Definition categories: body, sac
9. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
Definition categories: man–made, gap, opening
Sentences with pocket as a noun:
- The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
verb
1. put in one's pocket
- He pocketed the change
Definition categories: possession, take
2. take unlawfully
Similar word(s): bag
Definition categories: possession, rip, steal