NOUN | artifact | a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles | |
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shape | pocket, pouch, sac, sack | an enclosed space | |
possession | a supply of money | ||
shape | (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left | ||
shape | pocket, scoop | a hollow concave shape made by removing something | |
phenomenon | pocket, air pocket, air hole | a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly | |
group | a small isolated group of people | ||
body | pocket, pouch | (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) | |
artifact | an opening at the corner or on the side / side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck | ||
VERB | possession | put in one's pocket | |
possession | pocket, bag | take unlawfully |
Sounds | paa'kaht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... |
Meaning | A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles. | |
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Part of | garment | An article of clothing |
Parts | pocket flap | A flap that covers the access to a pocket |
Narrower | breast pocket | A pocket inside of a man's coat |
hip pocket | A pocket in rear of trousers | |
patch pocket | A flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment | |
slash pocket | A pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garment | |
vest pocket | A small pocket in a man's vest | |
Broader | pouch | A small or medium size container for holding or carrying things |
Spanish | bolsillo | |
Catalan | butxaca | |
Verbs | put in one's pocket | |
take unlawfully |
Meaning | An enclosed space. | |
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Example | "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" | |
Synonyms | pouch, sac, sack | |
Broader | cavity, enclosed space | Space that is surrounded by something |
Spanish | bolsa, bolsillo, saco |
Meaning | A supply of money. | |
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Example | "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" | |
Broader | funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money |
Spanish | bolsa, bolsillo | |
Catalan | bossa, butxaca |
Meaning | (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left. | |
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Example | "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike" | |
Category | bowling | A game / game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them |
Broader | space | An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things) |
Meaning | A hollow concave shape made by removing something. | |
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Synonym | scoop | |
Broader | concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | A shape that curves or bends inward |
Meaning | A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly. | |
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Synonyms | air pocket, air hole | |
Broader | atmospheric phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere |
Spanish | bolsa de aire |
Meaning | A small isolated group of people. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Meaning | An opening at the corner or on the side / side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck. | |
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Part of | pool table, billiard table, snooker table | game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played |
Narrower | corner pocket | A pocket at the corner of a billiard table |
side pocket | A pocket on the side / side of a billiard table | |
Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
Spanish | tronera | |
Catalan | tronera |
Meaning | put in one's pocket. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | They pocket the money | |
Example | "He pocketed the change" | |
Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
Spanish | embolsar, empaquetar | |
Catalan | embossar, empaquetar, ensacar | |
Nouns | a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles |
Meaning | Take unlawfully. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They pocket the money | |
Synonym | bag | |
Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
Spanish | embolsarse, embolsar, embolsillarse, robar | |
Catalan | embutxacar, robar | |
Nouns | a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles |
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