bladder
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- 11
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- 13
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Definition of bladder
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
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noun
- A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
- Specifically, the urinary bladder.
- A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
- The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
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A container in the form of a flexible bag.
“a fuel bladder”
- A container in the form of a flexible bag.
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(figuratively)Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
“to swim with bladders of philosophy”
verb
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To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
“bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit”
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(transitive)To store or put up in bladders.
“bladdered lard”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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”).
Words you can make from bladder
106 playable · top: BADDER (10 pts)
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23 words4-letter words
31 words- ABED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BARD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BLED 7 pts
- BRAD 7 pts
- BRED 7 pts
- DARB 7 pts
- DRAB 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- DEAD 6 pts
- REDD 6 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LARD 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
3-letter words
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