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tract1

 
 
pronunciation:
traekt
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: an expanse of land or water, sometimes with defined boundaries.
desert tractsa housing tract
synonyms:
expanse, region
similar words:
area, district, ground, parcel, plot, stretch, territory, zone
definition 2: a bodily system of parts and organs that perform a specific body function, or a bundle of nerve fibers with a common function and common beginning and ending points.
the respiratory tract
similar words:
organs, system
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adjective + (n.)tract ace, adjacent, alimentary, anonymous, anti-semitic, associated, bilateral, biliary, branchial, chronic, digestive, entire, female, feminist, forested, gastrointestinal, genital, healthy, huge, intestinal, isolated, large, low, offshore, philosophical, religious, remaining, remote, reproductive, residential, respiratory, revolutionary, spinal, sprawling, square, suburban, theological, upper, urinary, urogenital, vacant, vast, vocal, wooded  [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)tract absorb, acquire, assemble, clear, colonize, distribute, house, hunt, infect, line, own, preserve, purchase
(n.)tract + verb contain, lease, locate, patrol, stimulate, swallow
noun + (n.)tract Help abnormality, bacterium, cancer, census, cyst, developer, hoatzin, housing, inflammation, kidney, lease, lining, mile, nerve, optic, outflow, pamphlet, pin, purchase, row, sand, sinus, skin, stomach, subdivision, urinary  [See all][See only the most frequent]
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