Definitions
a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“an unexplored tract of sea”
“the deep tract of hell”
“a very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Stretch of land”5 letters
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