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# pocket

«pocket» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pocket, pockets); verb (pocket, pockets, pocketed, pocketing); adjective (pocket — small)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m1)

2) A pocket is any small space or area: a pocket of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m2)

3) To pocket something is to put it in your pocket, or to keep it, sometimes unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m3)

4) Pocket (adjective) means small enough for a pocket: a pocket torch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a place where coins or things are kept; pockets counted; «pocket money». In everyday life: pocket money (UK) or allowance (USA), pockets in jackets and bags. In science: air pockets, pockets of warm water. In stories: «out of pocket» means having lost money; a kangaroo's pouch is like a pocket.

### examples

- He has 5 coins in his pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x1)
- She has 2 dollars in each pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x2)
- His jacket has 4 pockets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x3)
- How much money is in his pockets? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x4)
- I get 5 pounds of pocket money each week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x5)
- A kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket called a pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x6)
- Check your pockets before washing your jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x7)
- He pocketed the change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x8)
- The plane bumped through a pocket of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x9)
- He felt for it in his pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/#x10)

### note

«In each pocket» gives a rate: total = per pocket × pockets. Trap: «pocket money» is money given to a child. «Out of pocket» means you lost or spent money. Safety: keep your phone and money in a zipped pocket in crowds.

### In the corpora

- [Pocket money is a small regular amount given to children to practise choosing, saving and making mistakes with money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/8/)
- [Sea otters smash shellfish on a stone laid on the chest and keep a favourite stone in a loose skin pocket under the arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/12/)
- [Sauropod bones had air pockets inside, as birds' bones do, which made the skeleton lighter and helped breathing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/7/)
- [A chick takes its first breath from the air pocket before it breaks the shell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/342-where-eggs-come-from-hens-shell-colours-sizes-and-what-is-inside/14/)
- [The guests go home with pockets full of treats for their little brothers and sisters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pocket» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pocket/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.