pouch
/paʊt͡ʃ/
noun
- 1
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- 2
A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
- 3
Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
- 4
A protuberant belly; a paunch.
- 5
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
- 6
A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- 7
A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To enclose within a pouch.
“The beggar pouched the coin.”
- 2
To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
“We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.”
- 3
(of fowls and fish) To swallow.
- 4
To pout.
- 5
To pocket; to put up with.
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