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Quarter

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided
A page and a quarter
A quarter of a mile
She cut each apple into quarters

Room

In a building, a room is any space enclosed within a number of walls to which entry is possible only by a door or other dividing structure that connects it either to a passageway, to another room, or to the outdoors, that is large enough for several persons to move about, and whose size, fixtures, furnishings, and sometimes placement within the building support the activity to be conducted in it.

Quarter

One fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).

Room

A space that is or may be occupied
That easy chair takes up too much room.

Quarter

The haunches or hindquarters of a horse
They have strong, muscular quarters
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Room

An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located
The first room on the left.
An unpainted room.

Quarter

A part of a town or city having a particular character or use
A beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter

Room

The people present in such an area
The whole room laughed.

Quarter

The direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.

Room

Rooms Living quarters; lodgings.
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Quarter

Rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service
They lived in RAF married quarters

Room

Suitable opportunity or scope
Room for doubt.

Quarter

Pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power
The riot squad gave no quarter

Room

To occupy a room; lodge.

Quarter

Each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.

Room

Opportunity or scope (to do something).

Quarter

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts
Peel and quarter the bananas

Room

(uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

Quarter

Be stationed or lodged in a specified place
Many were quartered in tents

Room

(archaic) A particular portion of space.

Quarter

Range over or traverse (an area) in every direction
We watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows

Room

Sufficient space for or to do something.

Quarter

Display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family
Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own

Room

(nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

Quarter

One of four equal parts.

Room

(obsolete) Place; stead.

Quarter

A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.

Room

(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

Quarter

One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.

Room

(One's) bedroom.
Go to your room!

Quarter

One fourth of a year; three months
Sales were up in the second quarter.

Room

(in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

Quarter

An academic term lasting approximately three months.

Room

The people in a room.
The room was on its feet.
He was good at reading rooms.
It was fun to watch her work the room.

Quarter

One fourth of the period of the moon's revolution around Earth.

Room

(mining) An area for working in a coal mine.

Quarter

One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth.

Room

(caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.

Quarter

(Sports) One of four equal periods of playing time into which some games, such as football and basketball, are divided.

Room

An IRC or chat room.
Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.

Quarter

One fourth of a yard; nine inches.

Room

Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

Quarter

One fourth of a mile; two furlongs.

Room

A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.

Quarter

One fourth of a pound; four ounces.

Room

(intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Quarter

One fourth of a ton; 500 pounds. Used as a measure of grain.

Room

(transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

Quarter

Chiefly British A measure of grain equal to approximately eight bushels.

Room

Wide; spacious; roomy.

Quarter

One fourth of a hundredweight; 25 pounds.

Room

Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

Quarter

One fourth of a British hundredweight; 28 pounds.

Room

(nautical) Off from the wind.

Quarter

One of the four major divisions of the compass.

Room

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
There was no room for them in the inn.

Quarter

One fourth of the distance between any two of the 32 divisions of the compass.

Room

A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.

Quarter

One of the four major divisions of the horizon as determined by the four major points of the compass.

Room

Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
I found the prince in the next room.

Quarter

A region or an area of the earth thought of as falling into such a specific division of the compass.

Room

Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.
Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
Let Bianca take her sister's room.

Quarter

(Nautical) The general direction on either side of a ship located 45° off the stern.

Room

Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
Make room, and let him stand before our face.

Quarter

The upper portion of the after side of a ship, usually between the aftermost mast and the stern.

Room

To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.

Quarter

The part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm.

Room

Spacious; roomy.
No roomer harbour in the place.

Quarter

(Heraldry) Any of four equal divisions of a shield.

Room

An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling;
The rooms were very small but they had a nice view

Quarter

One leg of an animal's carcass, usually including the adjoining parts.

Room

Space for movement;
Room to pass
Make way for
Hardly enough elbow room to turn around

Quarter

Either side of a horse's hoof.

Room

Opportunity for;
Room for improvement

Quarter

The part of the side of a shoe between the heel and the vamp.

Room

The people who are present in a room;
The whole room was cheering

Quarter

Quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.

Room

Live and take one's meals at or in;
She rooms in an old boarding house

Quarter

Often quarters A proper or assigned station or place, as for officers and crew on a warship.

Quarter

Often Quarter A specific district or section, as of a city
The French Quarter.

Quarter

Often quarters An unspecified person or group
Information from the highest quarters.

Quarter

Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy.

Quarter

Being one of four equal or equivalent parts.

Quarter

Being one fourth of a standard or usual value.

Quarter

To divide into four equal or equivalent parts.

Quarter

To quartersaw.

Quarter

To divide or separate into a number of parts.

Quarter

To dismember (a human body) into four parts.

Quarter

(Heraldry) To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.

Quarter

To mark or place (holes, for example) a fourth of a circle apart.

Quarter

To locate and adjust (one machine part) at right angles to its connecting part within the machine.

Quarter

To furnish with housing
Quartered the troops in an old factory building.

Quarter

To traverse (an area of ground) laterally back and forth while slowly advancing forward.

Quarter

To take up or be assigned lodgings.

Quarter

To cover an area of ground by ranging over it from side to side.

Quarter

A fourth part of something.

Quarter

(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
A quarter of an hour.

Quarter

A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.

Quarter

A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.

Quarter

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.

Quarter

A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.

Quarter

A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.

Quarter

(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.

Quarter

A fourth part of a hundredweight.

Quarter

(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

Quarter

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.

Quarter

(sport) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.

Quarter

A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.

Quarter

Place or position.

Quarter

A region or place.

Quarter

Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.

Quarter

A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.

Quarter

One's residence or dwelling-place; in plural rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.

Quarter

A topic or area of endeavour.

Quarter

(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.

Quarter

(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.

Quarter

(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
Opposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it
All quarters of the socialist movement; praise from Conservative quarters

Quarter

(obsolete) Relations between people.

Quarter

Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.

Quarter

Short forms.

Quarter

A quarterback.

Quarter

A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.

Quarter

A quarterfinal.

Quarter

Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.

Quarter

(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (4, 25%).
A quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound

Quarter

(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.

Quarter

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

Quarter

(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
Quarter the horses in the third stable.

Quarter

(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Quarter

(transitive) To quartersaw.

Quarter

(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

Quarter

One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour,Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.

Quarter

A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.

Quarter

Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Swift to their several quarters hasted thenThe cumbrous elements.
The banter turned as to what quarters each would find.

Quarter

A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
He magnified his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer them quarter for their lives.
Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter.

Quarter

Friendship; amity; concord.
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom.
I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves.

Quarter

To divide into four equal parts.

Quarter

To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven.

Quarter

To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered.

Quarter

To furnish as a portion; to allot.
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities.

Quarter

To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.

Quarter

To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Quarter

To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering.

Quarter

One of four equal parts;
A quarter of a pound

Quarter

A district of a city having some distinguishing character;
The Latin Quarter

Quarter

One of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
Both teams scored in the first quarter

Quarter

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

Quarter

One of four periods into which the school year is divided;
The fall quarter ends at Christmas

Quarter

A fourth part of a year; three months;
Unemployment fell during the last quarter

Quarter

One of the four major division of the compass;
The wind is coming from that quarter

Quarter

A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)

Quarter

A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)

Quarter

A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
He fed four quarters into the slot machine

Quarter

An unspecified person;
He dropped a word in the right quarter

Quarter

The rear part of a ship

Quarter

Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp

Quarter

Provide housing for (military personnel)

Quarter

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

Quarter

Divide into quarters;
Quarter an apple

Quarter

Divide by four; divide into quarters

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