Pocket and Spare

Pocket

Pocket adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: a pocket dictionary

Spare and pocket are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Pocket".

Nearby Words: pock, pocketed, pocketing, pocketful

Spare

Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.

Pocket and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pocket" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

rest pocket rest spare rest
earth pocket earth spare earth

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Ant-Man Towards the end he figures a way out of the Quantum Realm using a spare enlarging disk he had in his pocket.
  • Literature / Generation Kill After Trombley is left looking like his puppy just got kicked, Espera pulls a spare out of his pocket and hands it to Trombley to show he's looking out for him.
  • Hidden Weapons The Ninja Handbook details that one of the prequisites for becoming a ninja is to make a flesh pocket to hold "Weapons, spare change, and occasionally a sandwich."
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