noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)
Everyday
- A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. tree →
- A pocket is any small space or area: a pocket of air. tree →
- To pocket something is to put it in your pocket, or to keep it, sometimes unfairly. tree →
- Pocket (adjective) means small enough for a pocket: a pocket torch. tree →
In the lessons
In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.
Examples
- He has 5 coins in his pocket. tree →
- She has 2 dollars in each pocket. tree →
- His jacket has 4 pockets. tree →
- How much money is in his pockets? tree →
- I get 5 pounds of pocket money each week. tree →
- A kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket called a pouch. tree →
- Check your pockets before washing your jeans. tree →
- He pocketed the change. tree →
- The plane bumped through a pocket of air. tree →
- He felt for it in his pocket. tree →
Note
«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.
In Jewish tradition
In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.
Examples
- PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
Note
«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «pocket» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pocket» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «pocket» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pocket» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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