pouch

American  

[pouch] / paʊtʃ /

noun

1. a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities.

   a tobacco pouch.

2. a small moneybag.

3. a bag for carrying mail.

4. a bag or case of leather, used by soldiers to carry ammunition.

5. something shaped like or resembling a bag or pocket.

6. Chiefly Scot. a pocket in a garment.

7. a baggy fold of flesh under the eye.

8. Anatomy, Zoology. a baglike or pocketlike part; a sac or cyst, as the sac beneath the bill of pelicans, the saclike dilation of the cheeks of gophers, or the receptacle for the young of marsupials.

9. Botany. a baglike cavity.

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verb (used with object)

1. to put into or enclose in a pouch, bag, or pocket; pocket.

2. to arrange in the form of a pouch.

3. (of a fish or bird) to swallow.

verb (used without object)

1. to form a pouch or a cavity resembling a pouch.

pouch British  

/ paʊtʃ /

noun

1. a small flexible baglike container

   a tobacco pouch

2. a saclike structure in any of various animals, such as the abdominal receptacle marsupium in marsupials or the cheek fold in rodents

3. anatomy any sac, pocket, or pouchlike cavity or space in an organ or part

4. another word for mailbag

5. a Scot word for pocket

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verb

1. (tr) to place in or as if in a pouch

2. to arrange or become arranged in a pouchlike form

3. (tr) (of certain birds and fishes) to swallow

Other Word Forms

• pouchy adjective

Etymology

Origin of pouch

1350–1400; Middle English pouche < Anglo-French, variant of Old French poche; also poke, poque bag. See poke ²

Example Sentences

The newsletter published on Dec. 31 incorrectly said that Ramp and Anduril also have vending machines filled with nicotine pouches at their offices.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before the 15-minute drive through the factory, visitors are given pouches to lock their phones; no photos or videos allowed.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Locking away phones could be a dangerous mistake,” said sophomore Miro Katan, who previously worried pouches could hinder him from texting his parents during an emergency.

From Los Angeles Times

Pupils are allowed to keep their phones in their possession but expected to keep them in the pouches until the bell rings at the end of their final lesson.

From BBC

The pouches are free for employees and guests over the age of 21, a spokeswoman for Palantir said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bag
• pocket
• purse