pouch

The definition of a pouch is a small bag used for carrying things.

(noun)

An example of a pouch is a small bag with a drawstring used for carrying coins.

See pouch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a small bag or sack for carrying something, as in one's pocket: a leather tobacco pouch
☆ a mailbag; specif., one whose opening can be locked, as for sending diplomatic dispatches
anything shaped like a pouch
Scot. a pocket (in clothing)
Archaic a purse
Anat. any pouchlike cavity or part
Zool.
1. marsupium (sense )
2. a baglike part, as of a pelican's bill or a gopher's cheeks, used to carry food

Origin: ME pouche < MFr poche, var. of poque: see poke

transitive verb

intransitive verb

to form a pouch or pouchlike cavity

See pouch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small bag often closing with a drawstring and used especially for carrying loose items in one's pocket.
A bag or sack used to carry mail or diplomatic dispatches.
A leather bag or case for carrying powder or small-arms ammunition.
A sealed plastic or foil container used in packaging frozen or dehydrated food.
Something resembling a bag in shape: one's pouches under one's eyes.
Zoology A saclike structure, such as the cheek pockets of the gopher or the external abdominal pocket in which marsupials carry their young.
Anatomy A pocketlike space in the body: the pharyngeal pouch.
Scots A pocket.
Archaic A purse for small coins.