quarter

Nouns

• (n) one of four equal parts
  • a quarter of a pound
  fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent, fourth,
• (n) a district of a city having some distinguishing character
  • the Latin Quarter
• (n) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
  • both teams scored in the first quarter
• (n) 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
• (n) one of four periods into which the school year is divided
  • the fall quarter ends at Christmas
• (n) a fourth part of a year; three months
  • unemployment fell during the last quarter
• (n) one of the four major division of the compass
  • the wind is coming from that quarter
• (n) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
• (n) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
• (n) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
  • he fed four quarters into the slot machine
• (n) an unspecified person
  • he dropped a word in the right quarter
• (n) the rear part of a ship after part, stern, poop, tail,
• (n) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
• (n) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
  • he surrendered but asked for quarter

Verbs

• (v) provide housing for (military personnel) billet, canton,
• (v) 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
  draw and quarter, draw,
• (v) divide into quarters
  • quarter an apple
• (v) divide by four; divide into quarters

Synonyms

Words of close approximity