pouch

  • 11pouch-on — To prepare a pouch of First Class Mail for another post office …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 12pouch — ► NOUN 1) a small flexible bag, typically carried in a pocket or attached to a belt. 2) a pocket like receptacle in an animal s body, especially that in which marsupials carry their young. ► VERB ▪ put, make, or form into a pouch. DERIVATIVES… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13Pouch — Pouch, Flecken im Kreise Bitterfeld des Regierungsbezirks Merseburg der preußischen Provinz Sachsen, an der Mulde, mit Schloßtrümmern, 2 Rittergüter, Töpfereien; 1100 Ew …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 14pouch — late 14c., small bag in which money is carried, from Anglo Fr. puche, O.N.Fr. pouche (13c.), O.Fr. poche, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.E. pocca bag; see POKE (Cf. poke) (n.1)). Extended to cavities in animal bodies from mid 15c …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 15pouch — *bag, sack …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 16pouch — [n] soft container, often made of cloth or skin bag, pocket, poke, purse, receptacle, sac, sack; concepts 446,450,494 …

    New thesaurus

  • 17pouch — A pocket or cul de sac. SEE ALSO: fossa, recess, sac. antral p. a p. made in the antrum of the stomach of experimental animals. branchial pouches SYN: pharyngeal pouches. Broca p. SYN: puden …

    Medical dictionary

  • 18pouch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pouche, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English pocca bag Date: 14th century 1. a small drawstring bag carried on the person 2. a. a bag of small or moderate size for storing or transporting… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19pouch — /powch/, n. 1. a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, esp. one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch. 2. a small moneybag. 3. a bag for carrying mail. 4. a bag or case of leather, used by soldiers to carry ammunition. 5. something shaped …

    Universalium

  • 20pouch — n. diplomatic pouch (the letter was sent by diplomatic pouch) * * * [paʊtʃ] diplomatic pouch (the letter was sent by diplomatic pouch) …

    Combinatory dictionary