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quart.

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

  2. Four successive cards of the same suit.

  3. A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

    obsolete
  4. The fourth defensive position; quarte.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

adj/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. Safe, sound; healthy.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr, kvirr (“quiet, still, peaceful”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm, satisfied, pacified”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₂- (“heavy”). Cognate with Scots quert, quart (“alive, in good health, sound”), Scots querty (“vivacious, active, in good spirits”), Danish kvær (“quiet”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, kvær, kverr (“still, quiet”), Icelandic kyrr (“still, calm, unmoving”).

noun/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. Safety, soundness; health.

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr, kvirr (“quiet, still, peaceful”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm, satisfied, pacified”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₂- (“heavy”). Cognate with Scots quert, quart (“alive, in good health, sound”), Scots querty (“vivacious, active, in good spirits”), Danish kvær (“quiet”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, kvær, kverr (“still, quiet”), Icelandic kyrr (“still, calm, unmoving”).

adj/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. Transverse.

    dialectal
  2. Contentious or quarrelsome.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Dialectal alteration of thwart.

adv/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. Crosswise; across.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Dialectal alteration of thwart.

verb/kwɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/kwɔɹt/General-American/kɔɹt/General-American/kwoːt/Australia
  1. To thwart.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Dialectal alteration of thwart.

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