pouch

English

/paʊt͡ʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
  • A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
  • Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
  • (slang) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
  • A cyst or sac containing fluid.
  • (botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
  • A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pouche derived from pouche derived from Old French poche derived from Frankish *puku, *poka (pouch).

Origin

Frankish

*puku, *poka

Gloss

pouch

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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