noun

bladder

BLA-duh

noun

The urinary bladder, the sac in the body that stores urine before it is passed.

"Drink plenty of water and empty your bladder regularly to avoid infections."

"The doctor scanned her bladder to check for stones."

Any flexible, expandable sac that holds liquid or gas, including the inflatable bag inside a ball.

"The football's bladder had a slow puncture, so it kept losing air."

"A wine box holds its wine in a plastic bladder inside the cardboard."

How to Use Bladder

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe body organ that stores urine, or more generally any flexible sac that holds liquid or gas.

Common pairings

urinary bladder bladder infection empty your bladder football bladder

bladdered past tense, bladders plural, bladders singular

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From Old English blǣdre, related to words for "blister," describing something that swells with fluid or air.

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