Pocket

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

"I paid for it out of my own pocket."

An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

"The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas."

To put (something) into a pocket.

To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).

"Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings."

To shoplift; to steal.

"The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond."

Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

"a pocket dictionary"

Smaller or more compact than usual.

Referring to the two initial hole cards.

"a pocket pair of kings"