1syllable
pouch
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Definitions ofpouch
1noun
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
- A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
Synonyms: marsupium
- Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
- A protuberant belly; a paunch.
- A cyst or sac containing fluid.
- A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
- A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
1verb
- To enclose within a pouch.
Example: "The beggar pouched the coin."
- To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
Example: "We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing."
- (of fowls and fish) To swallow.
- To pout.
- To pocket; to put up with.
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