English Explanatory Dictionary

bladder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  6. A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  7. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
verb
  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
  2. To store or put up in bladders.

Pronunciation

/ˈblædə/ /ˈblædɚ/ en-us-bladder.ogg

Word forms

bladder bladders blather blether bladdering bladdered

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”).

Synonyms

vesica

Derived words

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