Unscramble pockets

Definition of pocket

noun:

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles.
• an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air". Synonyms: pouch, sac, sack.
• a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets".
• (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".
• a hollow concave shape made by removing something. Synonyms: scoop.
• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly. Synonyms: air hole, air pocket.
• 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".
• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican). Synonyms: pouch.
• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck.

verb:

• put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change".
• take unlawfully. Synonyms: bag.

Related words

auricle, auricula, gizzard, marsupium, scrotum, utricle, utriculus, ventriculus.

Words nearby

docket, locket, packet, picket, pocked, rocket, socket.

Rhymes with

docket, rocket, socket, sprocket.