Bladder

Quick meaning: Bladder is a noun meaning (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

a fuel bladder

bladdered lard

to swim with bladders of philosophy

bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit

Word Forms

• bladders
• blather
• bladdering
• bladdered

Synonyms for bladder

Depending on context, synonyms include vesica.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include vesica, urine, gallbladder, exstrophy, thyroid, gall.

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