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quarters::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | living quarters |
| Type of | housing, living accommodations, lodging |
| Has types | dormitory, fo'c'sle, forecastle, hall, hareem, harem, lodgings, military quarters, pad, residence hall, seraglio, serail, accommodation, student residence, diggings, digs, domiciliation, dorm |
| Derivation | quarter |
he found quarters for his family.
I visited his bachelor quarters.
Examples of quarters
quarters
Using a silicon mini muffin mold, pour mixture three-quarters of the way to top.
From the tennessean.com
Roughly three-quarters of all American flights at Dallas were canceled, he said.
From the sacbee.com
Brown spent for that purpose nearly three-quarters of the $40 million he raised.
From the sacbee.com
For the first two quarters of its 2011 fiscal year, revenues were up 25 percent.
From the democratandchronicle.com
About three-quarters of those deaths were caused by insurgents, the report said.
From the latimes.com
At that rate, its remaining $215 million will last a bit more than six quarters.
From the businessweek.com
It would be the first such fall in six quarters, a trade ministry official said.
From the online.wsj.com
T3-Direct has seen its sales skyrocket by 37 percent in the past three quarters.
From the sacbee.com
Instead, the Colonels put a real scare into the Wildcats for four full quarters.
From the kansas.com
- One-fourth: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
- Provide housing for (military personnel)
- A district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
- Draw: 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"
- Divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
- An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms. The schedule adopted by institutions of learning or education systems vary widely.
- The quarter is a Canadian coin, valued at 25 cents or one-fourth of a Canadian dollar. It is a small, circular coin of silver colour. According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official name for the coin is the 25-cent piece, but in practice the term quarter is nearly universal.
- A quarter is a section of an urban settlement.
