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Sounds | kao'rter; kwao'rter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | One of four equal parts. |
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Examples | "a quarter of a pound" |
Synonyms | one-fourth, fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern |
Broader | common fraction, simple fraction |
Verbs | quarter; quarter |
Meaning | A district of a city having some distinguishing character. |
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Examples | "the Latin Quarter" |
Narrower | ghetto; kasbah, casbah; medina; barrio |
Broader | city district |
Meaning | One of four periods of play into which some games are divided. |
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Examples | "both teams scored in the first quarter" |
Broader | playing period, period of play, play |
Meaning | A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. |
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Examples | "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" |
Part of | hour, hr, 60 minutes |
Broader | time unit, unit of time |
Meaning | One of four periods into which the school year is divided. |
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Examples | "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" |
Part of | school year, academic year |
Broader | school term, academic term, academic session, session |
Meaning | A fourth part of a year. Three months. |
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Examples | "unemployment fell during the last quarter" |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Adjectives | quarterly |
Meaning | One of the four major division of the compass. |
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Examples | "the wind is coming from that quarter" |
Broader | orientation |
Meaning | A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds). |
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Part of | hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal |
Parts | pound, lb; stone |
Broader | avoirdupois unit |
Meaning | A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds). |
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Part of | hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight |
Parts | bushel |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Broader | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit |
Meaning | A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar. |
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Examples | "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" |
Broader | coin |
Meaning | An unspecified person. |
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Examples | "he dropped a word in the right quarter" |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul |
Meaning | The rear part of a ship. |
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Synonyms | stern, after part, poop, tail |
Part of | ship |
Parts | escutcheon; skeg |
Broader | rear, back |
Meaning | Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp. |
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Part of | upper |
Broader | piece of leather |
Meaning | Provide housing for (military personnel). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | billet, canton |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Broader | lodge, accommodate |
Nouns | quartering; quarters |
Meaning | Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" |
Synonyms | draw, draw and quarter |
Broader | kill |
Nouns | quarter |
Meaning | Divide into quarters. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "quarter an apple" |
Broader | segment, section |
Nouns | quarter; quartering |
Meaning | Divide by four. Divide into quarters. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Category | arithmetic |
Broader | divide, fraction |
Nouns | quartering |