QUAD
Dictionary entry overview: What does quad mean?
• QUAD (noun)
The noun QUAD has 4 senses:
1. one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
2. a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
3. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
4. a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
Familiarity information: QUAD used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• QUAD (noun)
Meaning:
One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
quad; quadruplet
Hypernyms ("quad" is a kind of...):
sib; sibling (a person's brother or sister)
Meaning:
A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
musculus quadriceps femoris; quadriceps femoris; quadriceps; quad
Hypernyms ("quad" is a kind of...):
extensor; extensor muscle (a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part)
Holonyms ("quad" is a part of...):
thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)
Meaning:
(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
quad; space
Hypernyms ("quad" is a kind of...):
type (a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper)
Domain category:
printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quad"):
hair space ((printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters)
Meaning:
A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
quadrangle; quad
Hypernyms ("quad" is a kind of...):
area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)
