ENGLISH: pocket - CREOLE: anpoche



Overview of noun pocket



The noun pocket has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (21) pocket -- (a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles)

2. (2) pouch, sac, sack, pocket -- (an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air")

3. (2) pocket -- (a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets")

4. pocket -- ((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")

5. scoop, pocket -- (a hollow concave shape made by removing something)

6. air pocket, pocket, air hole -- (a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly)

7. pocket -- (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")

8. pouch, pocket -- ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))

9. pocket -- (an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck)



Overview of verb pocket



The verb pocket has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) pocket -- (put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change")

2. pocket, bag -- (take unlawfully)

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