POUCH Synonyms
There are 18 hypernyms of the word pouch. (close relations)
Definition of POUCH
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noun • a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles • an enclosed space • a supply of money • (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left • a hollow concave shape made by removing something • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly • a small isolated group of people • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) • an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck verb • put in one's pocket • take unlawfully | ||||||||
sack | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases • an enclosed space • the quantity contained in a sack • any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) • a woman's full loose hiplength jacket • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist • the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) verb • plunder (a town) after capture • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • make as a net profit • put in a sack | ||||||||
bag | nounn | |||||||
noun • a flexible container with a single opening • the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) • a place that the runner must touch before scoring • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) • the quantity that a bag will hold • a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes • an ugly or ill-tempered woman • mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) • an activity that you like or at which you are superior verb • capture or kill, as in hunting • hang loosely, like an empty bag • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge • take unlawfully • put into a bag | ||||||||
container | nounn | |||||||
noun • any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | ||||||||
holder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a holding device • a person who holds something • the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | ||||||||
purse | nounn | |||||||
noun • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) • a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse • a small bag for carrying money • a sum of money offered as a prize verb • contract one's lips into a rounded shape • gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | ||||||||
receptacle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a container that is used to put or keep things in • enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts • an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | ||||||||
pochette | nounn | |||||||
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marsupium | nounn | |||||||
noun • an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | ||||||||
bulge | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings verb • swell or protrude outwards • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge • bulge outward • cause to bulge or swell outwards | ||||||||
protrude | verbv | |||||||
verb • extend out or project in space • bulge outward • swell or protrude outwards | ||||||||
sac | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay • an enclosed space • a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule • a structure resembling a bag in an animal |