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POCKET-SIZED

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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.


English dictionary: Word details


POCKET-SIZED (adjective)


Sense 1pocket-sized [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2pocket-sized [BACK TO TOP]

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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