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(verb) divide by four; divide into quarters |
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Related Words: divide, fraction |
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(satellite adjective) consisting of one of four equivalent parts; "a quarter pound of butter" |
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(verb) divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" |
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Related Words: section, segment |
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(verb) kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity; "people were executed by being quartered" |
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Synonyms: draw and quarter |
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Related Words: dismember |
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(verb) provide housing for, of military personnel |
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Synonyms: billet, canton |
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Related Words: accommodate, lodge |
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(noun) the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp |
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Related Words: piece of leather |
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(noun) a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" |
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Related Words: city district |
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(noun) an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" |
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Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" |
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Related Words: coin |
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(noun) (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) |
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Related Words: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit |
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(noun) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) |
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Related Words: avoirdupois unit |
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(noun) one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" |
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Related Words: orientation |
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(noun) a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" |
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Related Words: academic term, school term, session |
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: time unit, unit of time |
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(noun) one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" |
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Related Words: period of play, play, playing period |
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(noun) the rear part of a ship |
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Synonyms: after part, poop, stern, tail |
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Related Words: back, rear |
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(noun) one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" |
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Synonyms: fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, quartern, twenty-five percent |
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Related Words: common fraction, simple fraction |
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