pouchlike

Shaped like pouch

Resembling a pouch—a small bag or sac that holds something.

The term describes anything with the soft, rounded, hollow quality of a pouch: pouchlike cheeks, a pouchlike growth, the pouchlike structure of a kangaroo's marsupium.

container

sack

Rough fabric bag

  • bagFlexible carrying container
  • pocketFabric compartment in clothing
  • receptacleContainer for items

compartment · holder · satchel · sachet · bladder · envelope · capsule · vessel · cavity · enclosure

anatomy

marsupium

External infant-carrying sac

bladder · crop · dewlap · wattle · gullet · pelican · chipmunk · hamster · frog · brood

flexible

pliable

Capable of bending easily

expandable · distensible · yielding · malleable · collapsible · soft · rubbery · leathery · membranous · pliant

shape

bulging

Swelling outward visibly

pendulous · distended · bulbous · swollen · billowing · loose · slack · hanging · rounded · hollow

marsupial

kangaroo

Pouched Australian leaper

  • koalaTree-dwelling Australian marsupial
  • wallabySmall Australian marsupial
  • wombatBurrowing Australian marsupial

opossum · possum · joey · quokka · numbat · bandicoot · bilby · glider · macropod · sugar glider

protective

cocoon

Silk wrapping for transformation

covering · shell · husk · envelope · wrap · membrane · lining · cushioning · insulating · enclosing

Opposites
shape and form

pouchlikeflat

Lacking vertical variation

taut · drum-tight · rigid · convex · solid

Family

pouch, pouches, pouched, pouching, pouchy

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G