Definitions:

1. a hollow concave shape made by removing something noun
   • I made a pocket in the mashed potato, into which I poured gravy.
2. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly noun
   • The passengers screamed when the plane hit a pocket.
3. a small isolated group of people noun
   • They were concentrated in pockets inside the city.
4. a supply of money noun
   • They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets.
5. an enclosed space noun
   • The trapped miners found a pocket of air.
6. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck noun
   • I sunk three balls in the farright pocket.
7. in anatomy, a saclike structure in animals, for example marsupials, gophers, or pelicans noun
   • Pelicans can fit fish into their pockets.
8. in bowling, the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left noun
   • The ball hit the pocket and gave them a perfect strike.
9. to put in one's pocket verb
   • I pocketed the change.
10. to take unlawfully verb
    • I pocketed the ring and ran out of the store.

Synonyms:

• air hole
• bag
• pouch
• sack
• scoop

NearBy Words:

• pocket-handkerchief
• pocket-size
• pocket-sized
• pocketable
• pocketbook
• pocketcomb
• pocketful
• pocketknife