pocket

/ˈpɒkɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
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.
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
To put (something) into a pocket.
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
To shoplift; to steal.
To put up with; to bear without complaint.
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
Smaller or more compact than usual.
Referring to the two initial hole cards.

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