Meaning

(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases..

Definitions by Sense

1. (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
2. (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
3. (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
4. The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
5. A container in the form of a flexible bag.
6. (figurative) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
7. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
8. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.

Example Sentences

a fuel bladder

to swim with bladders of philosophy

bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit

bladdered lard

Word Forms

• bladders
• blather
• blether
• bladdering
• bladdered

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When Should You Use Bladder?

Use bladder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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