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Defenition of the word quarter

    • Defenition of the word quarter

      • Any of the four equal parts into which something has been divided.
      • A period of three months.
      • A part of a town with its own particular features and distinctive characteristics which give it a certain unity and identity.
      • To divide into four (equal) parts.
      • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
      • A coin worth 25 cents.
      • one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
      • consisting of one of four equivalent parts; "a quarter pound of butter"
      • the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
      • a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
      • an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
      • a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
      • (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
      • a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
      • one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
      • a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
      • one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
      • a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
      • one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
      • divide by four; divide into quarters
      • divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
      • provide housing for, of military personnel
      • kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity; "people were executed by being quartered"
      • the rear part of a ship
      • piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
      • a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
      • a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
      • a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it''s a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o''clock"
      • 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"
      • provide housing for (military personnel)
      • clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
      • a district of a city having some distinguishing character
      • an unspecified person
      • a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
      • one of four equal parts
      • one of the four major division of the compass
      • a fourth part of a year; three months
      • one of four periods into which the school year is divided
      • a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
      • (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
      • divide into quarters
      • pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

    Synonyms for the word quarter

      • accommodate
      • after part
      • area
      • billet
      • canton
      • cut up
      • district
      • divide into four parts
      • draw and quarter
      • find a bed
      • fourth
      • fourth part
      • house
      • lodge
      • neighborhood
      • one-fourth
      • part
      • poop
      • put up
      • quartern
      • section
      • sector
      • split up
      • stern
      • tail
      • twenty-five percent

    Similar words in the quarter

      • fractional
      • quarter
      • quarter's
      • quarterback
      • quarterback's
      • quarterbacked
      • quarterbacking
      • quarterbacks
      • quarterdeck
      • quarterdeck's
      • quarterdecks
      • quartered
      • quarterfinal
      • quarterfinal's
      • quarterfinals
      • quartering
      • quarterlies
      • quarterly
      • quartermaster
      • quartermaster's
      • quartermasters

    Meronymys for the word quarter

      • 60 minutes
      • academic year
      • bushel
      • cental
      • centner
      • cwt
      • escutcheon
      • hour
      • hr
      • hundredweight
      • lb
      • long hundredweight
      • pound
      • quintal
      • school year
      • ship
      • short hundredweight
      • skeg
      • stone
      • upper

    Hyponyms for the word quarter

      • barrio
      • casbah
      • ghetto
      • kasbah
      • medina
      • skid road

    Hypernyms for the word quarter

      • academic session
      • academic term
      • accommodate
      • amount of time
      • avoirdupois unit
      • back
      • British capacity unit
      • city district
      • clemency
      • coin
      • common fraction
      • dismember
      • divide
      • division
      • fraction
      • human
      • Imperial capacity unit
      • individual
      • kill
      • lodge
      • mercifulness
      • mercy
      • mortal
      • orientation
      • part
      • period
      • period of play
      • period of time
      • person
      • piece of leather
      • play
      • playing period
      • rear
      • school term
      • section
      • segment
      • session
      • simple fraction
      • somebody
      • someone
      • soul
      • time period
      • time unit
      • unit of time

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