Word Image
plural: quarters
Part Of Speech
noun, verb, adjective
Word Meaning
noun: one of four equal parts; a coin worth a fourth of a dollar; a particular division or district of a city; an assigned station; a place where one lives; mercy (as to an enemy)
verb: to divide into four equal parts; to provide with lodging or shelter
adjective: consisting of or equal to a quarter
Word Family
quart
quartered
quartering
quarterly
quarterback
quartermaster
quarterfinals
hindquarter
forequarter
headquarters
Sentences
She began to peel and quarter an orange.
The moon was still in its first quarter that night.
He was a quarter of an hour early for work everyday.
Cut the cheesecake into quarters, please.
The board was an inch and a quarter too long.
We were quartered in cozy log cabins at the camp.
They live less than a quarter mile from us.
The hunters quartered the deer before carrying it out of the woods.
My puppy seems to have a sore left hindquarter after falling.
The tech giant announced plans to move its headquarters to the suburbs.
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