pouch

Meanings

Plural: pouches

Noun

a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
an enclosed space
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
A protuberant belly; a paunch.
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
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.

Verb

put into a small bag
send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels
swell or protrude outwards
To enclose within a pouch.
To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
To swallow.
To pout.
To pocket; to put up with.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.

Synonyms

bulge, marsupium, pocket, protrude, sac, sack

Scrabble Score: 12

pouch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pouch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pouch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pouch is a valid Words With Friends word