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