pocket

Noun

• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

• 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
    

• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

• a hollow concave shape made by removing something

• (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
    

• a supply of money
  • they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
    

• an enclosed space
  • the trapped miners found a pocket of air
    

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

Verb

• take unlawfully

• put in one's pocket
  • He pocketed the change
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  pouch , air pocket , air hole , scoop , sac , sack , bag