pouch

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

Verb Forms: pouched, pouching, pouches

To put into or form a pouch; to bag or pocket.
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.

Examples

He decided to POUCH his high-value tiles, saving them for a future, more strategic play.
The beggar pouched the coin.
We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.

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, pocket, protrude, sac, sack, marsupium

Scrabble Score: 12

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

Words With Friends Score: 14

pouch: valid Words With Friends Word