pocket-size
adjective
pock·et-size
ˈpä-kət-ˌsīz 
variants
or less commonly pocket-sized
1
: of a size convenient for carrying in the pocket
2
: small
Examples of pocket-size in a Sentence
a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees
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Throughout my childhood, and to this day, Dad regularly reads his favorite book, The Greatest Thing in the World, a pocket-size theological meditation on love as defined in First Corinthians.
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Allow this pocket-size ornithologist to sort it out One of the things that most surprises visitors to London is the preponderance in recent years of large, aggressive, bright-green parakeets—often dozens of them flocking together.
—Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 2 Aug. 2025
Today, prices typically range from around $8 for the pocket-size version to about $30 for standard-sized special editions.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The secure-fit wingtip design keeps them in place during workouts, and the pocket-size charging case provides up to 24 hours of total battery life.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Allow this pocket-size ornithologist to sort it out One of the things that most surprises visitors to London is the preponderance in recent years of large, aggressive, bright-green parakeets—often dozens of them flocking together.
—Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 2 Aug. 2025
Today, prices typically range from around $8 for the pocket-size version to about $30 for standard-sized special editions.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The secure-fit wingtip design keeps them in place during workouts, and the pocket-size charging case provides up to 24 hours of total battery life.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pocket-size
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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pocket-size. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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