tract
/tɹækt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
noun
A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
noun
A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
noun
noun
Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
Example Sentences
- "an unexplored tract of sea"
- "the deep tract of hell"
- "a very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth"
- "small tracks of ground"
- "Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital."
- "The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared."
Etymology
From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.