Meanings
nounbreast pocket (plural breast pockets)
plural breast pockets
- A small, outward pocket on a jacket or shirt, located over one's chest.
He put the pen inside his breast pocket.
1 more example
Zoe thought it might be easier to show him, so she reached into her breast pocket, and pulled out her rat.
2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
Translations
Finnish rintatasku
- rintataskupocket over the chest
German Brusttasche
- Brusttaschepocket over the chest
Hungarian mellzseb, szivarzseb
- mellzsebpocket over the chest
- szivarzsebpocket over the chest
Icelandic brjóstvasi
- brjóstvasipocket over the chest
Italian taschino
- taschinopocket over the chest
Korean 가슴주머니
- 가슴주머니 (gaseumjumeoni)pocket over the chest
Polish brustasza
- brustaszapocket over the chest
Scottish Gaelic pòcaid-bhroillich
- pòcaid-bhroillichpocket over the chest
Cite this entry
APA
breast pocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20pocket
MLA
“breast pocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20pocket. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breast pocket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20pocket.
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