pouch
pronunciation
How to pronounce pouch in British English:
UK [paʊtʃ]
How to pronounce pouch in American English:
US [paʊtʃ]
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- Noun:
- a small or medium size bag-like container for holding or carrying things
- an enclosed space
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
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- Verb:
- put into a small bag
- send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels
- swell or protrude outwards
Word Origin
- pouch
- pouch: see pocket
- pouch (n.)
- early 14c., "bag for carrying things," especially (late 14c.) "small bag in which money is carried," from Anglo-French puche, Old North French pouche (13c.), Old French poche "purse, poke," all from a Germanic source (compare Old English pocca "bag;" see poke (n.1)). Extended to cavities in animal bodies from c. 1400.