A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
2
Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
I paid for it out of my own pocket.
3
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
4
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
verb
1
To put (something) into a pocket.
2
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
3
To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
4
To shoplift; to steal.
The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.