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POCKET-SIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pocket-size mean?
• POCKET-SIZE (adjective)
The adjective POCKET-SIZE has 2 senses:
1. relatively moderate, limited, or small
2. small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
Familiarity information: POCKET-SIZE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relatively moderate, limited, or small
Synonyms:
minor; modest; pocket-size; pocket-sized; small; small-scale
Context example:
a pocket-size country
Similar:
limited (small in range or scope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket
Synonyms:
pocket-size; pocket-sized; pocketable
Context example:
pocket-size paperbacks
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
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