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tract

Definition

  • noun: a system of body parts or organs that has a particular purpose
  • noun: verses of Scripture (as from the Psalms) used between the gradual and the Gospel at some masses (as during penitential seasons)
  • synonyms: region, treatise, dissertation

Examples

  • She bought a 200-acre 'tract' out in the country.

  • the digestive/urinary/respiratory 'tract'

  • large/huge/vast 'tracts of land'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'm looking for some land. I just bought the Sunday ranch. And, well, where's the map? Where are the hills behind the Sunday ranch? That's here. It's the Bandy tract. He has over acres. Bandy, . -What about this? -A.C. Maude, Blodget, Redlick, Carr. -What's it held at? (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood