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stern, after part, poop, tail, one-fourth, fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern, draw, draw and quarter, billet, canton Definition: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp;the rear part of a ship;a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter";an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter";a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine";a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds);a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds);one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound";one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter";a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter";one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas";a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it''s a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o''clock";one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter";divide by four; divide into quarters;divide into quarters; "quarter an apple";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";provide housing for (military personnel);
Hyponyms: ghetto, kasbah, casbah, medina, barrio Part Meronyms: upper, ship, hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweight, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal, school year, academic year, hour, hr, 60 minutes Derivational Morphology:
draw, draw and quarter, quartering, one-fourth, fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern, camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac, billet, living quarters, quarters Anagrams:
quartet
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