a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles;
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck;
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican);
a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance";
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly;
a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers'' pockets";
a hollow concave shape made by removing something;
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike";
an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air";