What is the Definition of pocket?
Noun:
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- an enclosed space
- a supply of money
- (bowling)
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- a small isolated group of people
- (anatomy)
- as a marsupial or gopher or pelican
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
Verb:
- put in one's pocket
- take unlawfully
How can I use pocket in a sentence?
Gallopin' Gorgons, that reminds me, said Hagrid, clapping a hand to his forehead with enough force to knock over a cart horse, and from yet another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl — a real, live, rather ruffled-looking owl — a long quill, and a roll of parchment.
According to the large clock over the arrivals board, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.
Do not you think it is a bit odd, said Harry, scrambling up the grassy slope, that what Hagrid wants more than anything else is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg in his pocket?
He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.
Harry felt in the pocket of his robes and pulled out a Chocolate Frog, the very last one from the box Hermione had given him for Christmas.
Other meanings of pocket (synonyms, cognates).
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