OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11735

pocket

/ˈpɒ.kɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bolchaca • bolsa • bolsico • bolsillo • faldriquera • faltriquera
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
buchaca • tronera
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
bolsa
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped ha…
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 11736

pocket

/ˈpɒ.kɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
embolsar
To put (something) into a pocket.
She produced a Gillette blade from her coat pocket. / “Where did you get that?” / “Stole it from Mr Taylor!” she said proudly. / “That’s dangerous! You could cut yourself.” / Jemim…
[M]y lord said that she did not flatter at any rate; and pocketted his snuff-box, not desirous that Madame Brack’s dubious fingers should plunge too frequently into his Mackabaw.