Pockety
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Occurring in isolated pockets.
"It is commonly said of manganese ores that in their occurrence they are generally of a pockety nature, by which it is meant that the ores are found in limited masses surrounded by unproductive country rock, as opposed to the usual occurrence of other minerals in veins […]"
Example
More examples"It is commonly said of manganese ores that in their occurrence they are generally of a pockety nature, by which it is meant that the ores are found in limited masses surrounded by unproductive country rock, as opposed to the usual occurrence of other minerals in veins […]"
Etymology
From pocket + -y.
More for "pockety"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.