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Definition of Quarter
1. Noun. One of four equal parts. "A quarter of a pound"
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
2. Verb. Provide housing for (military personnel).
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Lodge
Derivative terms: Billet, Cantonment, Quartering, Quarters
3. 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"
4. Noun. A district of a city having some distinguishing character. "The Latin Quarter"
Specialized synonyms: Ghetto, Casbah, Kasbah, Medina, Skid Road, Barrio
5. Verb. Divide into quarters. "Quarter an apple"
6. Noun. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided. "Both teams scored in the first quarter"
Generic synonyms: Division, Part, Section
Group relationships: Period Of Play, Play, Playing Period
7. Noun. A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour. "A quarter after 4 o'clock"
8. Verb. Divide by four; divide into quarters.
9. Noun. One of four periods into which the school year is divided. "The fall quarter ends at Christmas"
Generic synonyms: Academic Session, Academic Term, School Term, Session
10. Noun. A fourth part of a year; three months. "Unemployment fell during the last quarter"
11. Noun. One of the four major division of the compass. "The wind is coming from that quarter"
12. Noun. A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).
Terms within: Lb, Pound, Stone
Group relationships: Cental, Centner, Cwt, Hundredweight, Quintal, Short Hundredweight
13. Noun. A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).
Generic synonyms: British Capacity Unit, Imperial Capacity Unit
Terms within: Bushel
Group relationships: Cwt, Hundredweight, Long Hundredweight
14. Noun. A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar. "He fed four quarters into the slot machine"
15. Noun. An unspecified person. "He dropped a word in the right quarter"
16. Noun. The rear part of a ship.
Terms within: Escutcheon, Skeg
Generic synonyms: Back, Rear
Group relationships: Ship
17. Noun. Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
18. Noun. Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent. "He surrendered but asked for quarter"
Definition of Quarter
1. n. One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
2. v. t. To divide into four equal parts.
3. v. i. To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
4. v. i. To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Definition of Quarter
1. Adjective. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. ¹
2. Adjective. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%). ¹
3. Adjective. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. ¹
4. Noun. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided. ¹
5. Noun. ''(United States and Canada)'' A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar). ¹
6. Noun. A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year). ¹
7. Noun. A section or area (of a town, etc.). ¹
8. Noun. Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent ¹
9. Noun. An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels. ¹
10. Noun. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails ¹
11. Noun. (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night. ¹
12. Verb. (transitive) To divide into quarters. ¹
13. Verb. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. ¹
14. Verb. (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quarter
1. to divide into four equal parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Quarter
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1. One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically: The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.