Dictionary entry details
• QUARTER (noun)
Meaning:
One of four equal parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
twenty-five percent; quartern; quarter; one-fourth; fourth part; fourth
Context example:
a quarter of a pound
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)
Meaning:
A district of a city having some distinguishing character
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
the Latin Quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
city district (a district of a town or city)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quarter"):
barrio (a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States))
skid road (the district of a town frequented by loggers)
medina (the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa)
casbah; kasbah (an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located)
ghetto (formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live)
Meaning:
One of four periods of play into which some games are divided
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
both teams scored in the first quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
period of play; play; playing period ((in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds)
Meaning:
A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context examples:
it's a quarter til 4 / a quarter after 4 o'clock
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
60 minutes; hour; hr (a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day)
Meaning:
One of four periods into which the school year is divided
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
the fall quarter ends at Christmas
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
academic session; academic term; school term; session (the time during which a school holds classes)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
academic year; school year (the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying)
Meaning:
A fourth part of a year; three months
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
unemployment fell during the last quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meaning:
One of the four major division of the compass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context example:
the wind is coming from that quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
orientation (position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions)
Meaning:
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
stone (an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds)
lb; pound (16 ounces)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
cental; centner; cwt; hundredweight; quintal; short hundredweight (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds)
Meaning:
A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
bushel (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 pecks)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
cwt; hundredweight; long hundredweight (a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds)
Meaning:
A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
he fed four quarters into the slot machine
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
coin (a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
Meaning:
An unspecified person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he dropped a word in the right quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
The rear part of a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
after part; stern; poop; tail; quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
back; rear (the side that goes last or is not normally seen)
Meronyms (parts of "quarter"):
escutcheon ((nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed)
skeg (a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Meaning:
Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
piece of leather (a separate part consisting of leather)
Holonyms ("quarter" is a part of...):
upper (piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot)
Meaning:
Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he surrendered but asked for quarter
Hypernyms ("quarter" is a kind of...):
clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)
• QUARTER (verb)
Meaning:
Provide housing for (military personnel)
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
billet; canton; quarter
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
accommodate; lodge (provide housing for)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
draw and quarter; quarter; draw
Context example:
in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Divide into quarters
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
quarter an apple
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
section; segment (divide into segments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Divide by four; divide into quarters
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "quarter" is one way to...):
divide; fraction (perform a division)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
