Bladder Definition
blădər
bladders
noun
bladders
A bag consisting of or lined with membranous tissue in the body of many animals, capable of inflation to receive and contain liquids or gases; esp. the urinary bladder in the pelvic cavity, which holds urine flowing from the kidneys.
Webster's New World
A thing resembling such a bag, as the inflatable rubber bag inside the leather cover of a football.
Webster's New World
An item resembling one of the membranous sacs in animals.
The bladder of a buoyancy compensator.
American Heritage
An inflated covering of certain fruits.
Webster's New World
Any of various hollow or inflated saclike organs or structures, such as the floats of certain seaweeds or the specialized traps of bladderworts.
American Heritage
verb
To store or put up in bladders.
Bladdered lard.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Bladder
Noun
Singular:
bladderPlural:
bladdersOrigin of Bladder
Akin to Old High German platara (German Blatter) and Old Norse blaðra (Danish blære).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bladdre from Old English blǣdre bhlē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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