tract /trækt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Sense 1-2: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tractus 'pulling, extension' , from trahere 'to pull' ]
[ Sense 3: Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tractatus 'tract' , from tractare ; ⇨ ↑ tractable ]
1 . the digestive/reproductive/urinary etc tract a system of connected organs that have one main purpose in a part of your body
2 . a large area of land:
vast tracts of woodland
3 . formal a short piece of writing, especially about a moral or religious subject:
a tract on the dangers of drink
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THESAURUS
▪ booklet a very short book with paper covers that usually contains information on one particular subject:
a free booklet on drug abuse
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Have you read the information booklet?
▪ brochure a thin book with paper covers that gives information on something you may want to buy or advertises something:
glossy holiday brochures
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The hotel was nothing like it said it would be in the brochure.
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The brochure shows you all the different types of washing machine.
▪ leaflet a small book or piece of paper, often only one or two folded pages, that advertises something or gives information on a particular subject:
a leaflet about library services
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They were handing out leaflets for the Socialist Party.
▪ pamphlet a very thin book with paper covers, in which someone writes about their opinions about something, or gives information about something:
a political pamphlet
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Paine wrote a pamphlet about slavery.
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The pamphlet tells you all you need to know about growing cactuses.
▪ prospectus especially British English a thin paper book that advertises and gives information about a school, college, new business etc:
I asked them to send me the college prospectus.
▪ flyer a small sheet of paper advertising something:
People were giving out flyers advertising the fair.
▪ tract a thin short book, especially about a moral or religious subject - a rather formal use:
Two women were handing out religious tracts.