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tract


tract

noun

Definition of TRACT

1
a broad geographical area <a vast and fertile tract of farmland>
Synonyms belt, corridor, land, neck, part(s), tract, zone
2
a small area of usually open land <the town had planned on turning that tract of meadow into a park>
Related Words common(s), croft [chiefly British]; grass, green, greensward, lawn; glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland
3
a small piece of land that is developed or available for development <had a number of small tracts for sale, but we couldn't afford to buy land and then build a house>