Dictionary Definition
tract
Noun
2 a system of body parts that together serve some
particular purpose
3 a brief treatise on a subject of interest;
published in the form of a booklet [syn: pamphlet]
4 a bundle of mylenated nerve fibers following a
path through the brain [syn: nerve
pathway, nerve tract,
pathway]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
- An area or expanse of land.
- A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject of interest.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
Related terms
- tractate noun
Translations
an area
a series of connected body organs
a brief treatise
Extensive Definition
Tract may refer to:
- Tract (literature), a short written work, usually of a political or religious nature
- Tract (liturgy), a component of Roman Catholic liturgy
- A collection of related anatomic structures, such as the gastrointestinal tract or genitourinary tract
tract in Dutch: Tractus
tract in Finnish: Traktaatti
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acreage, amplitude, area, article, assembly-line housing,
belt, billeting, block, booklet, breadth, brochure, causerie, chapbook, circular, clearing, clos, close, comic book, continuum, corn field,
critique, croft, cultivated land, descant, dimension, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, district, domiciliation, doss, emptiness, empty space,
enclave, essay, etude, examination, excursus, expanse, expansion, exposition, extension, extent, feature, field, first approach, folder, footstep, forty, galactic space, hayfield, homily, hospitality, housing, housing bill, housing
development, housing problem, infinite space, interstellar space,
introductory study, kraal,
leaflet, living
quarters, lodging,
lodgment, lot, lower-income housing, lucubration, measure, memoir, monograph, morceau, note, nothingness, outer space,
outline, paddy, pale, pamphlet, pandect, paper, paragraph, parcel, parcel of land, part, patch, piece, piece of land, plat, plot, plot of ground, portion, preliminary study,
prolegomenon,
proportion, quad, quadrangle, quarter, quartering, real estate,
region, research paper,
rice paddy, screed,
section, sector, sermon, sketch, slum clearance, space, spatial extension, special
article, sphere, spoor, spread, square, step, stretch, study, subdivision, superficial
extension, surface,
survey, term paper,
territory, theme, thesis, track, tractate, transient lodging,
treatise, treatment, urban renewal,
vestige, void, volume, wheat field, zone