pouch


Definition: Meaning of, pouch in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / paʊtʃ /

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pouch pouches
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  1. a small leather, cloth, or plastic bag that you can keep things in, and which is sometimes attached to a belt
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  2. especially American English a large bag for carrying letters or papers
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  3. a pocket in the side of a bag such as a RUCKSACK
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  4. a pocket of skin on the stomach which MARSUPIAL s such as KANGAROO s use for carrying their babies
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  5. a fold of skin like a bag which animals such as HAMSTER s or SQUIRREL s have inside each cheek to carry and store food
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pouch used in phrases

  • cheek pouch (noun)
    1. as a gopher a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents
  • diplomatic pouch (noun)
    1. a mail pouch that is sealed shut and that is used to carry communications between a legation and its home office
  • human remains pouch (noun)
    1. a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
  • mail pouch (noun)
    1. pouch used in the shipment of mail
  • personnel pouch (noun)
    1. a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
  • pouch-shaped (adjective)
    1. shaped like a pouch
  • shepherd's pouch (noun)
    1. white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
  • tobacco pouch (noun)
    1. a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
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