pocket

noun
pock·et
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

Other meanings

A person's financial resources.
“I paid for it out of my own pocket.”
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

A kind of

pouch

Kinds of pocket

hip pocket
patch pocket
slash pocket

Example sentences

“She slipped the note into his pocket.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“My phone is in my pocket.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I don't have any pockets.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Anglo-Norman "fro" (poket).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pocket” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.