tract
Stretch of territory
A tract is a stretch or expanse of something—typically land: a tract of forest, the digestive tract.
The word emphasizes extent and continuity.
A tract is also a short pamphlet promoting a religious or political position, distributed to persuade: handing out tracts on the street corner.
These two meanings derive from different origins.
Single-sheet printed handout
- brochurePrinted promotional material
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
- bookletBrief printed publication
circular · literature · evangelism · polemic · propaganda · missionary · distribution · proselytizing
Wrapped item for shipping
- acreageAmount of land owned
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- estateProperty and grounds
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
homestead · allotment · subdivision · development · housing · surveyed · boundary · deed
Digestive tract organ
- colonLarge intestine section
- bowelInternal digestive organ
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
gastrointestinal · respiratory · urinary · alimentary · esophagus · duodenum · jejunum · ileum
Of faith or worship
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- sermonClergy's worship address
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
- devotionalRelating to worship
theological · doctrinal · missionary · Puritan · moralist · didactic · exhortation · pious
leaflet
Single-sheet printed handout
- brochurePrinted promotional material
- flyerPrinted advertisement sheet
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
booklet · circular · literature · evangelism · polemic · propaganda · missionary · distribution · proselytizing · manifesto
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
farmland · homestead · allotment · subdivision · development · housing · surveyed · boundary · deed · property
intestine
Digestive tract organ
digestive · gastrointestinal · respiratory · urinary · alimentary · esophagus · duodenum · jejunum · ileum · rectum
religious
Of faith or worship
devotional · theological · doctrinal · missionary · Puritan · moralist · didactic · exhortation · pious · spiritual
- Christian booksBible, devotional, prayer book, study Bible, hymnal
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- tractspamphlet, brochure, leaflet, booklet, parcel
- land lawleasehold, freehold, easement, easements, land title
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
- landcontinent, country, island, landmass, mainland
tracttome
Substantial scholarly volume
volume · magnum opus · encyclopedia · treatise · opus
- tract homesIdentical houses built together
- digestive tractInternal food processing passage
- tractor beamEnergy that pulls objects closer
- tractor trailerArticulated freight vehicle
- gain traction
- farm tractorAgricultural vehicle for fieldwork
contract, attract, attractive, extract, tractor, attraction, subtract, retract, abstract