quarter

quarter is a 7-letter English word with 40 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 40 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.
5. noun. One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.
6. noun. That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.
7. noun. That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
8. noun. A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.
9. noun. The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.
10. noun. The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings.
11. noun. One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
12. transitive verb. A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
13. transitive verb. A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud.
14. transitive verb. The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11� 15', that is, about 2� 49'; -- called also quarter point.
15. transitive verb. Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
16. transitive verb. A station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.
17. transitive verb. Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.
18. transitive verb. A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
19. transitive verb. Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes.
20. transitive verb. Friendship; amity; concord.
21. intransitive verb. To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
22. intransitive verb. 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.
23. noun. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

    "he surrendered but asked for quarter"

24. noun. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
25. noun. the rear part of a ship

    Synonyms: poop, stern, tail

26. noun. a district of a city having some distinguishing character

    "the Latin Quarter"

27. noun. an unspecified person

    "he dropped a word in the right quarter"

28. noun. a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar

    "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

29. noun. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
30. noun. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
31. noun. one of four equal parts

    "a quarter of a pound"

    Synonyms: fourth, quartern

32. noun. one of the four major division of the compass

    "the wind is coming from that quarter"

33. noun. a fourth part of a year; three months

    "unemployment fell during the last quarter"

34. noun. one of four periods into which the school year is divided

    "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

35. 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"

36. noun. (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided

    "both teams scored in the first quarter"

37. verb. divide by four; divide into quarters
38. verb. divide into quarters

    "quarter an apple"

39. 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"

    Synonyms: draw

40. verb. provide housing for (military personnel)

    Synonyms: billet, canton

Synonyms

poop, stern, tail, fourth, quartern, draw, billet, canton

Common word forms

quarters, quartered, quarterer, quarterly, quartering

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