pocket

[ pok-it ]
/ ˈpɒk ɪt /

noun

adjective

small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country.

verb (used with object)

Idioms for pocket

Origin of pocket

1250–1300; Middle English poket < Old North French (Picard) poquet (Old French pochet, pochette), diminutive of poque < Middle Dutch poke poke2; see -et

OTHER WORDS FROM pocket

pock·et·less, adjective pock·et·like, adjective un·pock·et, verb (used with object)

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British Dictionary definitions for pocket

pocket
/ (ˈpɒkɪt) /

noun

verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)

Derived forms of pocket

pocketable, adjective pocketless, adjective

Word Origin for pocket

C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke ², bag; related to French poche pocket

Medical definitions for pocket

pocket
[ pŏkĭt ]

n.

In anatomy, a cul-de-sac or pouchlike cavity.
A diseased space between the inflamed gum and the surface of a tooth.
A collection of pus in a nearly closed sac.

v.

To enclose within a confined space.
To approach the surface at a localized spot, as with the thinned-out wall of an abscess which is about to rupture.

Idioms and Phrases with pocket

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