tract

Definition

An area or expanse.

Etymology

From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.

Example Sentences

• "an unexplored tract of sea"
• "the deep tract of hell"
• "a very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth"

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