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Meanings of pocket in English

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Small compartment in clothing where minor objects can be carried inside.

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Flat pouch of fabric with a bound slit in the outer surface, worn suspended from ties which fasten around the waist.

hanging pocketpockets

An enclosed space.

pouchsacsack

A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly.

air pocketair hole
Usage of pocket in English
1
Penalties include higher premiums and lower company contributions for out-of-pocket health costs.
Reuters
2
I feel my phone buzz in my back pocket: a new text.
Before I fall
3
Every so often, a secession is attempted for assorted pocket-lining political reasons.
Internecine
4
Henry unfolded a paper from his breast pocket and scanned the text.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
5
In civilized countries everyone but the pariahs carried a pocket receiving set.
Star Maker
6
Sources have said UniCredit wants to pocket 3 billion euros from Pioneer.
Reuters
7
I've had lots of different sorts of paper money in my pocket.
Jack Reacher 01 – Killing Floor
8
However, the pocket was occupied by dioxane molecules from the crystallization solution.
Pubmed
9
Jimmy, in fact, has French Cheese stuck way deep into his pocket.
From those wonderful folks who gave you pearl harbor: front–line dispatches from the advertising war
10
The grooms can't say precisely when; they do not carry pocket watches.
A river in the sky
11
JACKETS are no longer just about keeping warm and providing pocket space.
News.com.au
12
The 50-foot pocket route is a clean, obvious line on climbable rock.
Climbing Magazine
13
The trade-off is high out of pocket costs when they need care.
Reuters
14
A goal and a point taken from Seamus Moynihan's pocket that is.
The Irish Times
15
It is predicted that all START domains contain a similar ligand-binding pocket.
Pubmed
16
Even in my pocket, its glass scratched within a matter of days.
Wired
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