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pouch definition

pouch (po̵uc̸h)

noun

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

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

transitive verb

  1. to put in a pouch
  2. to make into a pouch; make pouchy
  3. to swallow: said of fish and certain birds

intransitive verb

to form a pouch or pouchlike cavity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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