Definition of pouch Pouch
/pawΛΚ§/ - [pawch] - pouch
We found 29 definitions of pouch from 7 different sources.
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What does pouch mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pouches |
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| pouch - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | ||
| sac a structure resembling a bag in an animal | ||
| general anatomy, anatomy a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes" | ||
| gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food | ||
| utricle, utriculus a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open | ||
| atrial auricle, auricula atrii, auricle the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | ||
| auricular appendage, auricular appendix, auricula a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart | ||
| cheek pouch a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) | ||
| marsupium an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled | ||
| pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things | ||
| bag a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" | ||
| mail pouch, mailbag letter carrier's shoulder bag; "in Britain they call a mailbag a postbag" | ||
| pocket a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | ||
| sporran a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders | ||
| tobacco pouch a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco | ||
| pouch - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" | ||
| sac, sack, pocket | ||
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| pouch - put into a small bag | ||
| bag capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants" | ||
| pouch - send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels | ||
| mail, get off cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written" | ||
| pouch - swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" | ||
| bulge, protrude | ||
| change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form | ||
| bulk stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pouch (Noun)
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring. - pouch (Noun)
A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young. - pouch (Noun)
Any pocket or bag shaped object; as, a cheek pouch . - pouch (Verb)
To enclose within a pouch. - pouch (Verb)
To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch . - pouch (Verb)
To swallow. - pouch (Verb)
To pout. - pouch (Verb)
To pocket; to put up with .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- pouch (n.)
A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc. - pouch (n.)
That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch - pouch (n.)
A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. - pouch (n.)
A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. - pouch (n.)
A cyst or sac containing fluid. - pouch (n.)
A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. - pouch (n.)
A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting. - pouch (v. t.)
To put or take into a pouch. - pouch (v. t.)
To swallow; -- said of fowls. - pouch (v. t.)
To pout. - pouch (v. t.)
To pocket; to put up with.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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pouch
powch, n. a poke, pocket, or bag: the bag or sac of an animal.βv.t. to put into a pouch: to pocket, submit to.βadj. Pouched, having a pouch.βPouched mouse, a genus of small, lean, long-tailed, agile rodents, with cheek-pouches; Pouched rat, a genus of plump, short-tailed rodents, with cheek-pouches which open externally. [O. Fr. poche; cf. Poke, a bag.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book β΅
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pouch
A case of strong leather for carrying ammunition, used by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men. Also, the crop of a shark.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer π₯
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pouch
A case of strong leather, lined with tin divisions, for the purpose of carrying a soldierβs ammunition. It is covered by a flap to preserve the cartridges from wet. The leather cases containing primers, lanyard, etc., in field and heavy artillery, and those containing a gunnerβs level, vent-punch, gimlet, etc., in heavy artillery, are also called pouches.
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