bladder

Noun

A sac-like organ storing urine or other bodily fluids.
a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas)
a bag that fills with air
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
Specifically, the urinary bladder.
A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
A container in the form of a flexible bag.
A container in the form of a flexible bag.
A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.

Verb

To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
To store or put up in bladders.

Examples

a fuel bladder
bladdered lard
My BLADDER was full, but I couldn’t stop playing this intense Words With Friends match.

Origin / 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

Scrabble Score: 11

bladder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bladder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bladder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bladder: valid Words With Friends Word