pouch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /paʊt͡ʃ/

Noun

pouch (plural pouches)

1. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
2. A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

   Synonyms: marsupium

3. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
4. (slang, dated, derogatory) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
5. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
6. (botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
7. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

Translations

• French: sachet petit sac, (for tobacco) blague à tabac, (for ammunition) étui à munitions, (for cartridges) giberne, sac postal, bourse, poche, pochon, besace
• German: Beutel
• Italian: sacchetto
• Portuguese: bolsa, malote
• Russian: су́мка
• Spanish: bolsa, saquito

Translations

• French: poche, marsupium, mastothèque
• German: Beutel
• Portuguese: bolsa
• Russian: су́мка
• Spanish: marsupio

Verb

pouch (pouches, present participle pouching; past and past participle pouched)

1. (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.

   The beggar pouched the coin.

2. (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.

   We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.

3. (of fowls and fish) To swallow.
4. (obsolete) To pout.
5. (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.

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