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pouch

  • noun
  • /paʊt͡ʃ/

A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.

Other meanings

  1. An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

  2. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.

A kind of

  • bag

Kinds of pouch

  • mail pouch
  • pocket
  • tobacco pouch
  • waist pack

Related words

  • manpouch
  • Poucher
  • pouchful
  • pouchitis
  • pouchless
  • pouchlike
  • pouchling
  • pouchmaker
  • pouchmaking
  • pouchy
  • pseudopouch
  • pencil pouch

Word history

From Old French "poche".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pouch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; 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.