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# pouch

«pouch» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small soft bag, often closed with a string or zip, for…** — 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 (a pouch, pouches); verb (pouch — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pouch is a small soft bag, often closed with a string or zip, for carrying small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#m1)

2) A pocket of skin on the belly of some animals, like kangaroos, where their babies grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#m2)

3) A pocket of skin in the cheeks of some animals, like hamsters, for carrying food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science lessons about marsupials: kangaroos, koalas and wombats carry their babies (joeys) in a pouch. In everyday life: a pencil pouch, a drink pouch, a money pouch.

### examples

- The baby kangaroo lives in its mother's pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x1)
- Put your pens in your pencil pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x2)
- The hamster stuffed seeds into its cheek pouches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x3)
- Koalas are marsupials and have a pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x4)
- He kept his coins in a leather pouch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x5)
- I had an apple juice pouch with my lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x6)
- A joey stays in the pouch for months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x7)
- I will fill your knapsack—I will fill your pouch.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/#x8)

### note

Countable: plural "pouches" (add -es after ch). Pronounced to rhyme with "couch". Animals with pouches are called marsupials.

### In the corpora

- [Male frigatebirds puff up a big red throat pouch to attract females, and frigatebirds can stay in the air for weeks without landing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/14/)
- [And the Australian possum living in a roof is a different animal from the American opossum, though both carry their babies in pouches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/4/)
- [Opossums are marsupials: the tiny babies grow in their mother's pouch and later ride on her back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/11/)
- [Picture a beach after a storm: among the seaweed lies a black leathery pouch with curly corners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/311-sharks-by-kind-small-and-strange-walking-sharks-wobbegongs-cookiecutters-and-goblin-sharks/4/)
- [A pelican's pouch scoops up about 10 litres of water, like a bucket, which it drains before swallowing the fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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