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pouches

US/ˈpaʊt͡ʃɪz/

pouches is the plural of pouch.

pouches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pouch.

Meaning of pouch

Noun

pouch (plural pouches)

  1. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  2. An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
    Synonyms:
    marsupium
  3. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  4. (dated, derogatory, slang) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  5. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
    • […]form a large Pouch or Cyst1747, Samuel Sharp, A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery
  6. A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.

See all 12 meanings of pouch

Phrases with pouches

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Words that rhyme with pouches

Questions about pouches

What is pouches the plural of?
Pouches is the plural of pouch.
How do you pronounce pouches?
Pouches is pronounced /ˈpaʊt͡ʃɪz/ (US).

Words near pouches in the dictionary

  1. pouched mouse
  2. pouched rat
  3. pouched rats
  4. Poucher
  5. Pouchers
  6. pouches
  7. pouches of Morison
  8. pouchesful
  9. pouchful
  10. pouchfuls
  11. pouchier

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