pocketful

US pronunciation

American soundpocketful

pocketful

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

poc - ket - ful -> pocketful

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

pocket /'pɒkÇt/ n

၁။ (က) အိတ်ကပ်။ (အကျႌ၊ ဘောင်းဘီ စသည်) အိတ်။ a coat/ jacket/ trouser pocket ❍ He picked up his keys and put them in his pocket. ❍ a pocket dictionary/ calculator/ guide (ie one small enough to fit in a pocket).
(ခ) (ကားတံခါး၊ အဝတ်သေတ္တာ စသည်ရှိ) အိတ်။ You will find information about safety procedures in the pocket in front of you (eg on an aircraft).
၂။ (usu sing ) ဝယ်ယူသုံးစွဲနိုင်သော ငွေအင်အား။ ငွေ အင်အား။ prices to suit every pocket ❍ The expedition was a drain on her pocket.
၃။ အကွက်။ pockets of unemployment ❍ a few isolated pockets of opposition/ resistance to the new regime.
၄။ = AIR POCKET.
၅။ (ဘိလိယက်ခုံ) ကျင်း (သို့) ကျင်းအိတ်။ ❍ snooker
v
၁။ အိတ်ကပ်ထဲ ထည့်လိုက်သည်။ She quickly pocketed the note without reading it.
၂။ အိတ်ထဲ ထည့်လိုက်သည်။ ဖြောင်လိုက်သည်။ She pays $2 for them, sells them for $ 4 and pockets the difference. ❍ He was given £20 for expenses, but pocketed most of it.
၃။ (ဘိလိယက်၌ ဘောလုံးကို) ကျင်းထဲသွင်းလိုက် သည်။
❏ be/ live in each other's pocket(s) [IDM ] တပူးတွဲတွဲ ဖြစ်နေကြသည်။
❏ be in sb's pocket [IDM ] တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်၏ လက်ခုပ်တွင်း၌ ရှိသည်။
❏ have sb in one's pocket [IDM ] ခါးပိုက်ထဲ ထည့်ထားသည်။
❏ in pocket [IDM ] လက်ဝယ်ရှိသည်။ လက်ထဲ၌ရှိသည်။ Even after paying all our expenses, we were still over £100 in pocket.
❏ out of pocket [IDM ] လက်ထဲက ထွက်သွားသည် (သို့) အိတ်စိုက်ရသည်။ His mistake left us all out of pocket. ❍ out-of-pocket expenses. ခေတ္တ စိုက်သုံးငွေ။
❏ pocketful /-fƱl/ n (pl -fuls ) အိတ်ကပ်တစ်ခုစာ။ အိတ်ကပ်အပြည့်။ a pocketful of coins.
❏ pocket knife n (esp US ) = PENKNIFE ❍ KNIFE
❏ pocket money n [U] (က) (Brit ) မုန့်ဖိုး။ (ခ) ဈေးသုံး။ အသေးသုံး။

More examples

The money had fallen out of a hole in my pocket.
A trouser/shirt/coat pocket
A top pocket (=on the front of a jacket)
A back pocket (=of a pair of trousers)
He slipped his wallet into an inside pocket (=of his jacket).
[put something into/take something out of a pocket] : She had put her hands in her pockets to keep them warm.
[turn out/empty your pockets] : The police officer asked us to empty our pockets.
The safety instructions are in the pocket of the seat in front of you.
She put the money in a zipped pocket of her handbag.
Hit the ball into one of the side pockets.
[out of/from your own pocket] : Our boss expects us to pay for the trip out of our own pockets.
[deep pockets] : It’s a company with very deep pockets.
[to suit every pocket] : We have prices to suit every pocket.
[pocket of] : There are still pockets of resistance to the government forces.

Synonyms

pouch, compartment, receptacle, sack, bag, abridged, abstract, appropriate, canned, capsule, cavity, chamber, compact, conceal, concise, condensed, diminutive, enclose, epitomized, filch, handy, help yourself, hide, hole, hollow, itsy-bitsy, lift, little, midget, mini, miniature, minute, nab, opening, peewee, pilfer, pinch, pint-sized, pocket-sized, portable, potted, purloin, reduced, shoplift, short, small, snaffle, socket, steal, swipe, take, tiny, wee

Antonyms

add, big, free, giant, give, huge, important, keep, large, let go, mound, mountain, offer, receive, refuse, reject, release, solid, tall