bladder

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈblædə/
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/ˈblædə/ · /ˈblædɚ/

Definition of bladder

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
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noun

  1. A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  2. Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  3. 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.
    “a fuel bladder”
  6. A container in the form of a flexible bag.
  7. (figuratively)Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
    “to swim with bladders of philosophy”

verb

  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
    “bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit”
  2. (transitive)To store or put up in bladders.
    “bladdered lard”

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Etymology

From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”).

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