Thesaurus: pouch

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1. n. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
2. n. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch
3. n. A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule.
4. n. A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials.
5. n. A cyst or sac containing fluid.
6. n. A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
7. n. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
8. v. t. To put or take into a pouch.
9. v. t. To swallow; -- said of fowls.
10. v. t. To pout.
11. v. t. To pocket; to put up with.
12. n. a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things