1. quarter - noun
· one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
Synonym(s): one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth_part, twenty-five_percent, quartern
Hypernym(s): common_fraction, simple_fraction
2. quarter - noun
· a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
Hypernym(s): city_district
3. quarter - noun
· (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
Hypernym(s): part, section, division
4. quarter - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): time_unit, unit_of_time
5. quarter - noun
· one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
Hypernym(s): school_term, academic_term, academic_session, session
6. quarter - noun
· a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period
7. quarter - noun
· one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
Hypernym(s): orientation
8. quarter - noun
· a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Hypernym(s): avoirdupois_unit
9. quarter - noun
· a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Hypernym(s): British_capacity_unit, Imperial_capacity_unit
10. quarter - noun
· a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
Hypernym(s): coin
11. quarter - noun
· an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
12. quarter - noun
· the rear part of a ship
Synonym(s): stern, after_part, poop, tail
13. quarter - noun
· piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Hypernym(s): piece_of_leather
14. quarter - noun
· clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter"
Hypernym(s): clemency, mercifulness, mercy
15. quarter - verb
· provide housing for (military personnel)
Hypernym(s): lodge, accommodate
16. quarter - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): draw, draw_and_quarter
Hypernym(s): kill
17. quarter - verb
· divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
18. quarter - verb
· divide by four; divide into quarters
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