pouch

Soft carrying sack

A pouch is a small bag or flexible container, often one that closes or fastens: a tobacco pouch, a mail pouch, a pouch for carrying documents.

Animals like kangaroos and pelicans have natural pouches—folds of skin that hold young or catch food.

Any pocket-like receptacle or bulge qualifies: She had pouches under her eyes from lack of sleep.

To pouch is to form into or place in a pouch.

pocket

kangaroo

Pouched Australian leaper

abdominal · ventral · nursing · carrying · warm · furry · maternal · brood · cheek · hamster

bag

sack

Rough fabric bag

leather · canvas · velvet · tobacco · money · mail · golf · cosmetic · toiletry · jewelry

military

ammunition

Weapon projectiles and charges

tactical · utility · gear · webbing · duty · belt · chest · rig · carrier · medic

bulge

swelling

Abnormal tissue enlargement

sagging · drooping · baggy · belly · paunch · undereye · bloating · fullness · ballooning · inflation

anatomy

sac

Bodily pouch structure

  • bladderOrgan holding urine
  • cystFluid-filled tissue sac
  • bursaJoint's friction buffer

vesicle · cavity · membrane · gut · cecum · gastric · gland · crop · gullet · duct

Categories
Opposites
container structure

pouchbox

Lidded storage container

hard case · strongbox · safe · vault · crate

spatial form

pouchflat surface

Level, even area

flatten · concavity · deflate · compress · constrict

Phrases
Family

pouches, pouched, pouchy

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G