quarter
/ˈk(w)oɹ.tɚ/ noun A1- Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. · I ate a quarter of the pizza.
- A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
- A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- A fourth part of a hundredweight.
Plural quarters
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He arrayed himself in the regalia of millionaires and presidents; he took himself to the quarter where life is brightest and showiest, and there dined with taste and luxury.
“He has no right!” Father Wolf began angrily--“By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning.
The whine had changed to a sort of humming purr that seemed to come from every quarter of the compass.
Then the only other creature who is allowed at the Pack Council--Baloo, the sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs the Law of the Jungle: old Baloo, who can come and go where he pleases because he eats only nuts and roots and honey--rose upon his hind quarters and grunted.
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