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Meaning of pocket

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pocket
      n 1: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
      2: an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
         [syn: {pouch}, {sac}, {sack}, {pocket}]
      3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
      4: (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"
      5: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn:
         {scoop}, {pocket}]
      6: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes
         a plane to lose height suddenly [syn: {air pocket}, {pocket},
         {air hole}]
      7: 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"
      8: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a
         marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: {pouch}, {pocket}]
      9: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table
         into which billiard balls are struck
      v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
      2: take unlawfully [syn: {pocket}, {bag}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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