- nounquarter (noun) · quarters (plural noun)
- each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided:"she cut each apple into quarters" · "a page and a quarter" · "a quarter of a mile"
- a period of three months regarded as one fourth of a year, used especially in reference to financial transactions such as the payment of bills or a company's earnings:"the payment for each quarter's electricity is made in the next quarter"
- a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next:"the baby was born at a quarter past nine"
- a coin representing 25 cents, one fourth of a US or Canadian dollar.
- each of the four parts into which an animal's or bird's carcass may be divided, each including a leg or wing.
- one fourth of a lunar month.
- (in various sports) each of four equal periods into which a game is divided:"there were four scores in the opening quarter"
- US ENGLISHone of four terms into which a school or college year may be divided.
- one fourth of a pound (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
- one fourth of a hundredweight (US 25 lb or British 28 lb).
- BRITISH ENGLISHa grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels.
- (quarters)the haunches or hindquarters of a horse:"they have strong, muscular quarters"
- a part of a town or city having a specific character or use:"it is a beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter"
- the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
- a particular but unspecified person, group of people, or area:"we have just had help from an unexpected quarter"
- either side of a ship aft of the beam:"he trained his glasses over the starboard quarter"
- (quarters)rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service:"the servants' quarters"
- pity or mercy shown toward an enemy or opponent who is in one's power:"the riot squad gave no quarter"
- heraldryeach of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
- a square charge which covers the top left (dexter chief) quarter of the field.
verbquarter (verb) · quarters (third person present) · quartered (past tense) · quartered (past participle) · quartering (present participle)- divide into four equal or corresponding parts:"peel and quarter the bananas"
- historicalcut (the body of an executed person) into four parts:"the plotters were hanged, drawn, and quartered"
- cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to show the grain well.
- (be quartered)be stationed or lodged in a specified place:"many were quartered in tents"
- range over or traverse (an area) in every direction:"we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows"
- move at an angle; go in a diagonal or zigzag direction:"his young dog quartered back and forth in quick turns"
- heraldrydisplay (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family:"Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own"
- divide (a shield) into four or more parts by vertical and horizontal lines.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a part of a town or city having a specific character or use:
- rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service:
- pity or mercy shown toward an enemy or opponent who is in one's power:
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