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Meaning of the word tract in English

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tract

US /trækt/
UK /trækt/

Noun

1.

an area of land, typically a large one.

Example:
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large tracts of natural forest
Synonym:
arearegionexpansespansweepstretchextentbeltswathezoneplotpatchparcelportionsectionsectorquarterterritoryestateacreageallotment
2.

a major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibres, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure or region.

Example:
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the digestive tract
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