Noun: tract trakt
- An extended area of land
"They inherited a large tract from their grandparents";
- piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
- A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
"The digestive tract includes organs from the mouth to the anus"
- A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
"The optic radiation is a tract that carries visual information";
- nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway
- A brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
"The political candidate distributed tracts outlining his policy proposals";
- pamphlet
Sounds like: toxin, t, tract, t
Derived forms: tracts
Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, substantia alba, system, treatise, white matter
Encyclopedia: Tract