- substantivquarter (substantiv) · quarters (substantiv, plural)
- 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 first quarter of the fiscal year"
- a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next:"he sat with his pint until a quarter past nine"
- a coin representing 25 cents, a quarter 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 basketball, American football, and Australian Rules) each of four equal periods into which a game is divided:"there were four scores in the opening quarter"
- USone of four terms into which a school or university year may be divided.
- one fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
- one fourth of a hundredweight (in the UK 28 lb or in the US 25 lb).
- BRITISHa grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels.
- (quarters)the haunches or hindquarters of a horse:"they have strong, muscular quarters"
- the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
- 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 (tredje person, presens) · quartered (imperfekt) · quartered (perfekt particip) · quartering (presens particip)- 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"Liknande:give accommodation toprovide with accommodationgive a bed togive a roof toput a roof over someone's head
- (quarter someone on)impose someone on (another person) as a lodger:"you would have had her quartered on you forever"
- 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’. - Andra har också frågat
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