Usually means: Shape with four equal sides.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. square: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. square, square: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. square: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. square: Collins English Dictionary
  5. square: Vocabulary.com
  6. Square, square: Wordnik
  7. (all) square, square: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Square, square: Wiktionary
  9. square: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. square: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. square: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. square: Dictionary.com
  13. square (adj.), square (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. square: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Square (EP), Square (album), Square (algebra), Square (application), Square (area), Square (astrological aspect), Square (band), Square (building area), Square (cipher), Square (company), Square (dessert), Square (disambiguation), Square (geometry), Square (mathematics), Square (matrix), Square (payment device), Square (payment service), Square (sailing), Square (slang), Square (unit), Square (video game company), Square, The Square (disambiguation), The Square (film), The Square (group), The Square: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Square: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. square: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. square: Rhymezone
  19. square: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. square: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Square: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. square: Free Dictionary
  23. square: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  24. square: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. square: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. Square: World Wide Words
  27. square: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. square: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Jazz Humor (No longer online)
  4. Square: Dictionary of Symbolism
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Square (disambiguation), Square (mathematics), square: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Square: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Square (disambiguation), Square (mathematics), square: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Square (algebra), square: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. SQUARE: Acronym Finder
  4. square: Idioms

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Square: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Square: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
  4. square: MATH SPOKEN HERE!
  5. square, square, square, square: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  6. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. square, square, square, square: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. square: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  4. Square: 1960's Slang
  5. the square: Urban Dictionary
  6. Square: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Square: Skydiving Glossary
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  4. Square: Construction Glossary
  5. Square: Glossary of Woodworking Terms
  6. Square: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
noun:  Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
noun:  A cell in a grid.
noun:  A square piece, part, or surface.
noun:  The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
noun:  (Canada, US) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
noun:  (printing) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
noun:  An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
noun:  (figuratively, obsolete) A true measure, standard, or pattern.
noun:  An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
noun:  (often in street names or addresses) A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
noun:  (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
noun:  (military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
noun:  (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
noun:  (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
noun:  (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
noun:  (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
noun:  (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
noun:  (academia) A mortarboard.
noun:  (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
noun:  The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
noun:  (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
noun:  (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
noun:  (slang) Cigarette.
noun:  (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
noun:  (slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
adjective:  Shaped like a square (the polygon).
adjective:  Forming a right angle (90°).
adjective:  (of box-shaped objects such as buildings or metal frames) Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.
adjective:  (nautical) Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
adjective:  Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
adjective:  Honest; straightforward; fair.
adjective:  Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
adjective:  Even; tied
adjective:  (slang, derogatory) Socially conventional; boring.
adjective:  (cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
adjective:  Solid, decent, substantial.
adjective:  Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
adjective:  (automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
adverb:  Directly.
verb:  (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
verb:  (nautical) To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.
verb:  (rowing) To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
verb:  (transitive) To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
verb:  (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
verb:  (transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
verb:  (transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
verb:  (soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
verb:  (archaic) To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
verb:  To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
verb:  (obsolete) To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
verb:  To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
verb:  To form with four sides and four right angles.
verb:  To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
verb:  To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
verb:  (astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (colloquial, US) Ellipsis of square meal. [(idiomatic) A (nutritionally) complete and satisfying meal, especially one suitable for a person performing physical labour.]

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