pouch
/paʊt͡ʃ/
pouch noun: a small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
Noun
pouch (plural pouches)
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
- Synonyms:
- marsupium
- Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
- A protuberant belly; a paunch.
- A cyst or sac containing fluid.
- […]form a large Pouch or Cyst1747, Samuel Sharp, A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery
- A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
Verb
pouch (third-person singular simple present pouches, present participle pouching, simple past and past participle pouched)
- To enclose within a pouch.
- The beggar pouched the coin.
- To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
- We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
- To swallow.
- And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]1713, William Derham, Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God
- […] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are...1820, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Trollerʻs Guide: A New and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Trolling Or Fishing for Jack and Pike
- To pout.
- He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not.1754, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison
- To pocket; to put up with.
- And for the value of the gowden piece , it shall never be said I pouched her siller1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
pouch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pouch in Hindi
- small bag
- थैली thailī, थैला thailā
- pocket in which a marsupial carries its young
- थैली thailī
pouch in Tamil
- small bag
- பை pai
- pocket in which a marsupial carries its young
- பை pai
pouch in Urdu
- بٹوا, جیب, تھیلی
pouch in Bengali
- ছোটো থলে, ঝোলা
More languagesFewer languages
- pouch in Malayalam
- പൗച്ച് pauccŭ
- pouch in Kannada
- ಬೊಕ್ಕಣ, ಬಂಕಣ, ಬಕ್ಕಣ, ಮಡಿಲು
- pouch in Punjabi
- تھاتی thātī
- pouch in Sanskrit
- भस्त्रा bhástrā
- pouch in Sinhala
- මඩිස්සලය maḍissalaya
- pouch in Tagalog
- lukbot
Examples of pouch in a sentence
- Make sure to bring a waterproof pouch to protect your phone during the water hike.
- No spitting is required, so nicotine pouches are even less visible than vaping.
- There are also now Zynfluencers who've made nicotine pouches a part of their online personalities.
Synonyms of pouch
Forms of pouch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pouches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pouches |
| present participle | pouching |
| past participle | pouched |
| past | pouched |
Origin of pouch
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.
Words formed from pouch
- abdominal pouch
- brood pouch
- Faraday pouch
- laryngeal pouch
- manpouch
- Morison's pouch
- nicotine pouch
- Pavlov pouch
- pencil pouch
- pillow pouch
- posing pouch
- Poucher
- pouchful
- pouchitis
- pouchless
- pouchlike
- pouchling
- pouchmaker
- pouchmaking
- pouch of Morison
- pouchy
- pseudopouch
- Rathke's pouch
- retortable pouch
- retort pouch
- shepherd's pouch
Phrases with pouch
Words that rhyme with pouch
Questions about pouch
- What does pouch mean?
- Pouch means a small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- What is pouch in Hindi?
- Pouch in Hindi is थैली (thailī), थैला (thailā). See Pouch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pouch?
- Pouch can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pouch?
- Pouch is pronounced /paʊt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of pouch?
- The plural of pouch is pouches.
Words near pouch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pouch (page history and authors); pouch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pouch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പൗച്ച് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); pouch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تھاتی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); भस्त्रा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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