quarter is the dictionary form of quarter's Definition of quarter
quarter has definitions from the fields of clothing,nautical,geography,mathematics,education,sport,military,housing |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of four equal parts
Examples "a quarter of a pound" |
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[ noun ] (geography) a district of a city having some distinguishing character
Examples "the Latin Quarter" |
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[ adjective ] consisting of one of four equivalent parts
Examples "a quarter pound of butter" |
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[ noun ] an unspecified person
Examples "he dropped a word in the right quarter" |
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[ noun ] a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Examples "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" |
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[ noun ] (nautical) the rear part of a ship
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[ verb ] kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity
Synonyms Examples "people were executed by being quartered" |
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[ noun ] one of the four major division of the compass
Examples "the wind is coming from that quarter" |
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[ noun ] a fourth part of a year; three months
Examples "unemployment fell during the last quarter" |
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[ noun ] (education) one of four periods into which the school year is divided
Examples "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" |
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[ noun ] (sport) one of four periods of play into which some games are divided
Examples "both teams scored in the first quarter" |
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[ noun ] a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Examples "it's a quarter til 4" "a quarter after 4 o'clock" |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) divide by four; divide into quarters
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[ verb ] divide into quarters
Examples "quarter an apple" |
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[ noun ] a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
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[ noun ] (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
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[ verb ] pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Synonyms Examples "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" |
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[ noun ] (clothing) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
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