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Quick definitions from WordNet (quarter)
▸ noun: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
▸ noun: a district of a city having some distinguishing character ("The Latin Quarter")
▸ noun: an unspecified person ("He dropped a word in the right quarter")
▸ noun: a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar ("He fed four quarters into the slot machine")
▸ noun: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
▸ noun: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
▸ noun: one of the four major division of the compass ("The wind is coming from that quarter")
▸ noun: a fourth part of a year; three months ("Unemployment fell during the last quarter")
▸ noun: one of four periods into which the school year is divided ("The fall quarter ends at Christmas")
▸ noun: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour ("It's a quarter til 4")
▸ noun: one of four periods of play into which some games are divided ("Both teams scored in the first quarter")
▸ noun: the rear part of a ship
▸ noun: one of four equal parts ("A quarter of a pound")
▸ verb: provide housing for (military personnel)
▸ verb: divide by four; divide into quarters
▸ verb: divide into quarters ("Quarter an apple")
▸ verb: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him ("In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes")
▸ Also see quarters
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to quarter (New!)
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▸ noun: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
▸ noun: a district of a city having some distinguishing character ("The Latin Quarter")
▸ noun: an unspecified person ("He dropped a word in the right quarter")
▸ noun: a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar ("He fed four quarters into the slot machine")
▸ noun: a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
▸ noun: a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
▸ noun: one of the four major division of the compass ("The wind is coming from that quarter")
▸ noun: a fourth part of a year; three months ("Unemployment fell during the last quarter")
▸ noun: one of four periods into which the school year is divided ("The fall quarter ends at Christmas")
▸ noun: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour ("It's a quarter til 4")
▸ noun: one of four periods of play into which some games are divided ("Both teams scored in the first quarter")
▸ noun: the rear part of a ship
▸ noun: one of four equal parts ("A quarter of a pound")
▸ verb: provide housing for (military personnel)
▸ verb: divide by four; divide into quarters
▸ verb: divide into quarters ("Quarter an apple")
▸ verb: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him ("In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes")
▸ Also see quarters
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to quarter
▸ Usage examples for quarter
▸ Idioms related to quarter (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing quarter
▸ Words that often appear near quarter
▸ Rhymes of quarter
▸ Invented words related to quarter