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pocket

pocket

83 7.2
A small separate area or group that is different from its surroundings
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑːkɪt/
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  • However, there are still pockets of human resistance that threaten our peace.
  • pockets of resistance
  • isolated pockets
  • pockets of excellence

We've seen a lot of pockets of problems growing globally.

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Examples

  • My parents live in a residential pocket of Trenton nicknamed the Burg.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Pockets of civilization survived.

  • And I sort of see pockets of both, to be honest with you.

  • So you get little big and little pockets of different ways of making film.

  • There are pockets of Resistance all around the planet.

  • Citizens of America, we are now closer than ever to a historic victory as we eliminate the final pockets of resistance.

  • Most of the German residents were expelled, although pockets of ethnic Germans remain in Poland.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Moreover, with the creation of Congo Square, further pockets of African cultural retention surfaced within the slave communities themselves.

    Academic text (2012)
  • These outbreaks seem to be originating in three distinct pockets of the world: Cape Town, Suffolk, England, and outside Nashville in Tennessee.

  • The scientists discovered several pockets of biodiversity in the remote rainforest, each supporting unique species.

Synonyms

corner
vspocket
184 4.2

A quiet remote part of a country or place

is about small isolated groups or areas rather than physical remoteness
nook
vspocket
40 3.0

A small sheltered corner where you can sit or read

is about isolated groups or areas rather than tiny sheltered spots

Antonyms

47 4.0

Putting two or more parts together so they work as one

Idioms

18 6.4

You pay for something with your own money and are not paid back

Pay for something with your own money instead of getting money from someone else

Money makes someone want to spend it quickly

5 8.1

Someone keeps something secret to use later for an advantage

Extra cash you can spend

To give money willingly, often when it is not needed

A helpful idea or tool kept secret to use when needed

A secret plan kept to use later when you need it

Compounds

20 4.9

Costs you pay yourself that you do not get back from others

12 2.2

A small folding tool with a metal blade that fits into its handle and into a pocket

pocket watch
  • Archaic
12 3.5

A small watch carried in a pocket and often connected to a chain

A pocket on the chest of a jacket or coat for small items

A small amount of money, usually coins, kept for minor expenses

8 1.5

Parents give children a small amount of money regularly to buy small things

air pocket
  • Specialized
7 5.3

A sudden drop of a plane caused by a small area of falling air

6 3.2

A pocket on the side of a pool table where you sink balls

A pocket at a corner of a pool table where balls fall

3 3.2

Small enough to fit in a pocket and easy to carry

3 4.2

A small pocket inside a vest for holding a watch or small items

back pocket
  • Informal
2 4.2

A plan kept ready to use in case of need

2 2.0

A small bag sewn into trousers at the hip to hold small items

A small electronic device you can hold or carry in a pocket to do math

pocket veto
  • Formal
1 8.8

A president or governor keeping a bill not signed until lawmakers end their meeting so it cannot become law

1 3.2

Small enough to fit in a pocket and easy to carry

1 4.9

A flat pocket sewn onto the outside of a jacket or shirt

1 3.5

A small paperback book made to fit in your pocket

1 2.8

A small round bread with a hollow inside to hold fillings

A small mirror people carry in a bag or pocket to check their appearance

A small book of words you can carry in your pocket or bag

1 3.5

A piece of cloth that covers a pocket opening to keep things safe and make the pocket look neater

A small cloth kept in a pocket to wipe your nose or hands

dwarf pocket rat
  • Specialized
9.9

A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks

7.4

A secret plan you keep to use if the main plan fails

A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food

A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing

hispid pocket mouse
  • Specialized
9.9

A small mouse with stiff fur and cheek pouches that lives in dry grasslands

A small burrowing animal like a mouse that has fur-lined cheek pouches and makes dirt mounds

pill in the pocket
  • Specialized
6.4

A way to carry medicine to take when symptoms begin

A small animal that lives underground in grasslands and carries food in pockets in its cheeks

A small mouse in central United States grasslands that carries food in cheek pouches

8.6

A small warship with very heavy guns, smaller than a battleship

Games like pool that are played on a table with six pockets where players hit balls with a long stick

pocket borough
  • Archaic
9.9

A very small town where one person or family controls who is elected to Parliament

A small book or card that shows days and months and fits in a pocket

9.6

A small animal that lives in tunnels and carries food in cheek pouches

A small object you carry that makes a flame to light cigarettes or candles

A small tool with teeth used to tidy hair that fits in a pocket

A call someone makes by mistake when their phone's buttons are pressed in a pocket

A small paperback book that fits in a pocket

4.6

A small flat container for carrying alcohol in a pocket

9.3

A small rodent active at night that lives in burrows and carries seeds in cheek pouches

A small calendar you carry in your pocket to write events and notes

9.9

A small animal like a mouse that uses fur-lined cheek pouches to carry food

A small pale yellow mouse with very soft fur that lives in deserts

A small opening in clothes such as a jacket or pants for holding small things

A small animal that lives underground and digs tunnels in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida

A pocket with a spring that closes to hold small items securely

A small burrowing rodent that lives in western United States valleys and meadows with fur-lined cheek pouches

watch pocket
  • Archaic
5.1

A small space in a vest for keeping a watch you carry

How Isolated

enclave
38 7.5
pocket
83 7.2
area
1.0

Surface Forms

pocket singular
pockets plural

Etymology

A pocket of people or activity is named after the idea of a small, separate place like a pocket or pouch inside a larger area. That's why 'pockets' of poverty or opposition mean small, isolated areas where something stays.