Dictionary Definition
pouch
Noun
1 a small or medium size bag-like container for
holding or carrying things
3 (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various
animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) [syn: pocket]
Verb
1 put into a small bag
2 send by special mail that goes through
diplomatic channels
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aʊtʃ
Noun
- A small bag usually closed with a drawstring
- A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young
- Any pocket or bag shaped object; as, a posing pouch or cheek pouch
Translations
- Chinese: 囊; 袋
- Dutch: zak de
- Finnish: pussi (1)
- French: poche
- German: Beutel (1,2)
- Greek: σακούλα
- Hebrew: 'פאוץ , כיס
- Italian: sacchetto
- Japanese: 袋 (ふくろ, fukuro)
- Korean: 주머니
- Portuguese: malote (1), bolsa (2)
- Russian: мешок (meshok)
- Slovene: mošnja (1), vreča (2)
- Spanish: bolsa , saquito , petaca , cebador , marsupio italbrac of a marsupial, valija
- Swedish: pung (1,2)
See also
Verb
- To enclose within a pouch.
- To transport
within a pouch, especially a diplomatic
pouch.
- We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.
Translations
to enclose in a pouch
- Finnish: pussittaa
to transport in a diplomatic pouch
- Finnish: lähettää kuriirilla/kuriiripostissa
Extensive Definition
A pouch may be:
- Pouch (marsupial) used by female marsupials to rear their young through early infancy
- Ileo-anal pouch, an internal reservoir formed by connecting the end of the small intestine (the ileum) to the rectum
- a Bag
- Pouch, Germany a municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
pouch in German: Pouch (Begriffsklärung)
pouch in Spanish: Bolsa
pouch in Portuguese: Bolsa