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A pocket is a bag- or envelope-like receptacle, most commonly in clothing.

Pocket or The Pocket may also refer to:

Other common meanings

Pocket, a feature of some types of billiards table
Passing pocket, a playing area in American and Canadian football
Pocket (military), a term for when military units are cut off and surrounded by the enemy

Places

The Pocket, New South Wales, Australia, a village
The Pocket, an area in the neighbourhood of Riverdale, Toronto, Canada
Pocket, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
Pocket Creek, a stream in Georgia, United States
The Pocket – Floyd County, Georgia, United States, a recreational area
Pocket-Greenhaven, Sacramento, California, a neighborhood also called "The Pocket"

Businesses

Pocket Bicycles, a manufacturer of portable bicycles located in Massachusetts in the 1970s
Pocket Books, a publisher of small paperback books, a division of Simon & Schuster
Pocket Communications, a former regional cellular phone company in South Texas

Music

Pocket (musician) a remixer and producer
Pockets, a soul group from Baltimore
The Pockets, the original name for the band Saga
Pockets (album) by Karate
"Pocket" (Ai Otsuka song), 2007
"Pocket" (Sam Sparro song), 2008

Video game consoles

Bemani Pocket, a series of video game consoles from Konami
Pelican VG Pocket, an early handheld video game console
Analogue Pocket, a handheld game console

Other uses

Pocket (service), management tool for keeping articles for reading later
Herbert Pocket, a character in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Pocket Magazine, a defunct American literary magazine established in 1895
Pocket Athletic Conference, a high school athletic conference in Indiana, United States
Pocket pet, a small furry household pet

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 {{wiktionary|pocket}}
+A '''[[pocket]]''' is a bag- or envelope-like receptacle, most commonly in clothing.
-A '''[[pocket]]''' is a small bag.  The term is also used in other contexts, very often relating either to the ability to enclose something as in a pocket on a billiards table, or to small size, as if able to fit in the pocket of a garment:
+'''Pocket''' or '''The Pocket''' may also refer to:
-;Applications
-* [[Pocket (application)]], management tool for keeping articles for reading later.
+==Other common meanings==
-;Clothing
-* A pouch on a garment, such as [[trousers]] or a [[jacket pocket]]
-* [[Pocketbook]], a purse
-;Communication
-* [[Pocket Communications]], a regional cellular phone company in South Texas
-;Food
-* [[Hot Pockets]] and [[Pizza Pockets]], microwaveable meals of filling wrapped in crust
-* [[Pita]] ("pocket bread"), a round flatbread
-;Health
-* "Pocket formation": a gap between teeth resultant from [[Gingiva#Diseases_of_the_gingiva|receding gums]].
-;Geography
-* [[Pocket-Greenhaven, Sacramento, California]]
-* [[Pocket beach]], a small beach between two headlands
-* [[Pocket park]], a small park
-* [[River pocket]], an area of land contained within the bend of a river
-;Military
-* Pocket battleship, a World War II [[Deutschland class cruiser]]
-* [[Salients, re-entrants and pockets]], battlefield features projecting into enemy territory
-;Publishing
-* [[Pocket Books]], publisher of small paperback books
-* Pocket book, a generic term for a small [[paperback]] book
-;Sports
 * Pocket, a feature of some types of [[billiards table]]
-* [[Back pocket]], a position on the field deep in defense in Australian rules football
-* [[Forward pocket]], a position on the field deep in offense in Australian rules football
-* [[One-pocket]], a variation of billiards
 * [[Passing pocket]], a playing area in American and Canadian football
+* [[Pocket (military)]], a term for when military units are cut off and surrounded by the enemy
-* [[Pocket billiards]], a sub-classification of cue sports
-* [[Pocket schedule]], a foldable schedule for a sports club
+==Places==
-;Video games
-* [[Bemani Pocket]], a series of video game consoles from Konami
+* [[The Pocket, New South Wales]], Australia, a village
+* The Pocket, an area in the neighbourhood of [[Riverdale, Toronto]], Canada
-* [[Pelican VG Pocket]], an early handheld video game console
-* [[Pocket Monsters]], better known as [[Pokémon]]
+* [[Pocket, Virginia]], an unincorporated community in the United States
+* [[Pocket Creek]], a stream in Georgia, United States
+* [[The Pocket – Floyd County, Georgia]], United States, a recreational area
+* [[Pocket-Greenhaven, Sacramento, California]], a neighborhood also called "The Pocket"
+==Businesses==
-;Music
+* [[Pocket Bicycles]], a manufacturer of portable bicycles located in Massachusetts in the 1970s
+* [[Pocket Books]], a publisher of small paperback books, a division of Simon & Schuster
+* [[Pocket Communications]], a former regional cellular phone company in South Texas
+==Music==
 * [[Pocket (musician)]] a remixer and producer
-* [[Pockets (album)]] by Karate
+* [[Pockets (group)|Pockets]], a soul group from Baltimore
-* Pockets, A 1970s funk band who released "Come go With me" in 1978
 * The Pockets, the original name for the band [[Saga (band)|Saga]]
+* [[Pockets (album)|''Pockets'' (album)]] by Karate
-* [[Pocket (song)|Pocket]], a single by [[Ai Otsuka]] released in 2007.
+* [[Pocket (Ai Otsuka song)|"Pocket" (Ai Otsuka song)]], 2007
-*"In the pocket" is a slang expression for music with a strong rhythmic [[groove (music)]]
+* [[Pocket (Sam Sparro song)|"Pocket" (Sam Sparro song)]], 2008
+==Video game consoles==
-;Other
-* Pocket, a hollow formed in plastic [[blow molding]]
+* [[Bemani Pocket]], a series of video game consoles from Konami
-* Pocket, a type of [[body modification]]
+* [[Pelican VG Pocket]], an early handheld video game console
+* [[Analogue Pocket]], a handheld game console
-* [[Punched pocket]], a plastic pocket for holding loose papers
+==Other uses==
-{{Disambig}}
+* [[Pocket (service)]], management tool for keeping articles for reading later
+* Herbert Pocket, a character in the novel ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by Charles Dickens
+* ''[[Pocket Magazine]]'', a defunct American literary magazine established in 1895
+* [[Pocket Athletic Conference]], a high school athletic conference in Indiana, United States
+* [[Pocket pet]], a small furry household pet
+{{Disambig|geo}}
-[[ar:جيب (توضيح)]]
-[[eo:Poŝo (apartigilo)]]
-[[fa:جیب]]
-[[ko:포켓]]
-[[ja:ポケット (曖昧さ回避)]]