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pouch

pouch [ powch ]


noun  (plural pouch·es)
Definition:
 
1. small soft bag: a small bag or container made of a soft material such as fabric or leather

2. something resembling pouch: something that looks like a pouch, especially a small baggy fold of skin

3. pocket of skin in animal: a structure in an animal resembling a pouch, especially one on the abdomen of a marsupial for carrying young, or in the cheek of a rodent for carrying food

4. body cavity resembling pocket: a pocket-shaped space or structure in the body

5. plant cavity: a cavity in a plant shaped like a pocket

6. bag for mail: a lockable bag or sack for carrying mail, especially diplomatic correspondence

7. Scotland dress 
Same as  pocketn (sense 1)




verb  (past and past participle pouched, present participle pouch·ing, 3rd person present singular pouch·es)
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb put something in pouch: to put something into a pouch

2. transitive and intransitive verb form pouch: to make something, or be made, into a shape resembling a pouch

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman puche, Old N French pouche, Old French poche "bag" < Germanic]

pouch·y adjective
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