Pocket - Definition

n 1: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
[syn: pouch, sac, sack, pocket]
3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
4: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind
it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave
him a perfect strike"
5: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn:
scoop, pocket]
6: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes
a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: air pocket, pocket,
air hole]
7: a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in
pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for
cleaning up pockets of resistance"
8: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a
marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pouch, pocket]
9: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table
into which billiard balls are struck
v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
2: take unlawfully [syn: pocket, bag]