pocket-size
- adjective
- /ˈpɑkɪt saɪz/
- I will be armed with a rather simple, yet very useful instrument of the modern era—the pocket-size camera.
- pocket-size camera
- pocket-size device
- pocket-size book
Examples
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ANVT's compact battery-powered NQ100 system is composed of a lightweight open-back headset and a pocket-size control case.
Academic text (1995) -
The new Gasman-FL is shirt-pocket size.
Academic text (1994) -
Combined with the auto exposure and zone focusing, it's pocket-size perfection!
Blog text (21) -
It is known as the pocket-size vaporizer.
Blog text (10) -
Pocket-size gas detector.
Academic text (1998) -
Among the latest entrants in the energy industry's caffeine race is a pocket-size squeeze bottle called Mio Energy.
Blog text (3) -
Smart Logger personal pocket-size gas detectors feature interchangeable, precalibrated Smart Block sensors, which allow one unit to detect many gases.
Academic text (1998) -
The pocket-size guidebook fit perfectly in my backpack during the hike.
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She always carries a pocket-size notebook to jot down her ideas.
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The new smartphone is incredibly thin and pocket-size, making it easy to carry.
Synonyms
Easy to carry or move because it is small and light
Small enough to fit in a pocket and easy to carry
Small enough to fit into a pocket
Very light and easy to carry, like small laptops and phones
Small and light enough to carry easily, often about musical instruments
Much smaller than other things of the same kind
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pocket-size comes from joining pocket, the small part of clothing for carrying things, and size, which means 'how big' something is. It literally means 'small enough to fit in a pocket', so a pocket-size item is easy to carry.