pouch

CEFRB1

/paʊt͡ʃ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small bag used to carry or store things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

Examples

  • A female kangaroo carries its young in the pouch.

  • The joey snuggled down into the warm kangaroo pouch of his mother.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.

  2. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

  3. A cyst or sac containing fluid.

More examples

In context

  • We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.

  • The beggar pouched the coin.

  • […]form a large Pouch or Cyst

Synonyms

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She stored her coins in a small leather blank tied with a string.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.