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pouch

pouch
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pouch]
    • /paʊtʃ/
    • /paʊtʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pouch]
    • /paʊtʃ/

Definitions of pouch word

  • noun pouch a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch. 1
  • noun pouch a small moneybag. 1
  • noun pouch a bag for carrying mail. 1
  • noun pouch a bag or case of leather, used by soldiers to carry ammunition. 1
  • noun pouch something shaped like or resembling a bag or pocket. 1
  • noun pouch Chiefly Scot. a pocket in a garment. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of pouch

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English pouche < Anglo-French, variant of Old French poche; also poke, poque bag. See poke2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pouch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pouch popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

pouch usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pouch

noun pouch

  • alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
  • attache — An attaché is a member of staff in an embassy, usually with a special responsibility for something.
  • attaches — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
  • bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
  • billfold — A billfold is a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards.

adj pouch

  • bagger — A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
  • bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured

verb pouch

  • beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
  • beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
  • bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
  • blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
  • bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat

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