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Pronunciation[change]
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Noun[change]
- A pocket is a small empty space, usually in your clothes, usually to carry things in.
- I usually put my keys in my pants' pocket, but I can't find them now.
- My cell phone is in the outside pocket of my bag.
- A pocket is a small area of something that is completely surrounded by something else.
- There was a small pocket of air under the boat.
- There is a pocket of Welsh-speaking villages in South Wales.
Verb[change]
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Third-person singular |
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- If you pocket something you put it in your pocket.
- If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)