quarter, n.
(quarters)
freq. cnt. 11
(quarters)
freq. cnt. 11
one of four equal parts
<noun.quantity> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1
fourth fourth part one-fourth one-quarter quarter quartern twenty-five percent
sample sentences
"a quarter of a pound"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a district of a city having some distinguishing character
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
quarter
sample sentences
"the Latin Quarter"
clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
<noun.act>
quarter
sample sentences
"he surrendered but asked for quarter"
semantic pointers
hypernym
piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
<noun.artifact>
quarter
the rear part of a ship
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
after part poop quarter stern tail
an unspecified person
<noun.person>
quarter
sample sentences
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
<noun.possession>
quarter
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
<noun.quantity>
quarter
semantic pointers
domain of synset (region)
hypernym
part meronym
part holonym
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
<noun.quantity>
quarter
semantic pointers
hypernym
part meronym
part holonym
one of the four major division of the compass
<noun.relation>
quarter
a fourth part of a year; three months
<noun.time>
quarter
sample sentences
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
one of four periods into which the school year is divided
<noun.time>
quarter
sample sentences
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
<noun.time>
quarter
sample sentences
"it's a quarter til 4""a quarter after 4 o'clock"
(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
<noun.time>
quarter
sample sentences
"both teams scored in the first quarter"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
part holonym