- one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern - one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
--1 is a kind of common fraction, simple fraction
Derived forms: verb quarter3, verb quarter2 - quarter - a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
--2 is a kind of city district
--2 has particulars: ghetto; kasbah, casbah; medina; barrio- quarter - one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
--3 is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
- quarter - 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"
--4 is a kind of time unit, unit of time
--4 is a part of hour, hr, 60 minutes- quarter - one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
--5 is a kind of school term, academic term, academic session, session
--5 is a part of school year, academic year- quarter - a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
--6 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
- quarter - one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
--7 is a kind of orientation
- quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
--8 is a kind of avoirdupois unit
--8 is a part of
--8 has parts: pound, lb; stonehundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal - quarter - a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
--9 is a kind of British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
--9 is a part of hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight
--9 has part: bushel- quarter - a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
--10 is a kind of coin
- quarter - an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
--11 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail - the rear part of a ship
--12 is a kind of rear, back
--12 is a part of ship
--12 has parts: escutcheon; skeg- quarter - piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
--13 is a kind of piece of leather
--13 is a part of upper - quarter - one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
- quarter, billet, canton - provide housing for (military personnel)
--1 is one way to lodge, accommodate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun quarters1, noun quartering2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- draw, quarter, draw and quarter - 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"
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun quarter1
Somebody ----s somebody
- quarter - divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
--3 is one way to segment, section
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun quarter1, noun quartering3
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- quarter - divide by four; divide into quarters
--4 is one way to divide, fraction
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun quartering3
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something