Quart

Definition: Quart

Quart

Noun

1. A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon.

2. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters.

3. A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quart" was first used: sometime in the early 14th century. (references)

Synonym: Quart

Pain

Annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation; plague, bore; bother, botheration; stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin, esclandre; mauvais quart d'heur.

Quadrisection

Noun: quadrisection, quadripartition; quartering; v; fourth; quart; quarter, quartern; farthing (i.e. fourthing); quadrant.

Crosswords: Quart

French (forth, fourth, quarter, watch), German (fourth, quart, quarte, quarto), Provencal (quarter), Romansch (fourth), Swedish (quart).

One quart, for one mortar. (Sahara; writing credit: David Phillips)

Yes, I am smoking cigarettes and some of my friends have died of them, but I am not downing a quart of Scotch in fifteen minutes. (Blue in the Face; writing credit: Paul Auster; Wayne Wang)

Le Dernier quart d'heure (1961)

Un sale quart d'heure pour l'art (1990)

Le Quart d'heure américain (1982)

Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982)

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Books

• A quart of ale is a dish for a king [The Winter's tale, IV/ii]: Shakespeare on drinking (reference)

• American Film and Society Since 1945: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by Leonard Quart (reference)

• American Quart Oil Can Encyclopedia (reference)

• If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low (reference)

• Le Quart Livre Des Faicts Et Dicts Heroi (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Quart De Rond (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Very Best of Golden Gate Quart (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Calphalon Professional Hard Anodized 8 1/2 Quart Saucier with Lid (reference)

• Quickpoint 1971 Power Caulker Magnum Quart Gun (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Timing the fuse on a quart bomb during RAR operations TNT bombs were sound source for RAR RAR work on OCEANOGRAPHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Quart bombs exploding during RAR operations TNT bombs were sound source for RAR RAR work on OCEANOGRAPHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The other night Charlie brought home a quart of milk, a loaf of bread and a case of AIDS. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Farmers' cooperative creamery at Ruthven, Iowa. This is very successful. It is run on a stock share basis. Milk sells retail at five cents per quart and cream (thirty-five to thirty-eight percent) at thirty-five cents per quart. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Muley took a quart bottle of water out of his hip pocket and set it on the porch.

But my little nurse ran to my relief, and took me out, after I had swallowed above a quart of cream.

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Health

The average adult passes about a quart and a half of urine each day. The amount of urine varies, depending on the fluids and foods a person consumes. (references)

One form is a liquid for use with milk. A few drops are added to a quart of milk, and after 24 hours in the refrigerator, the lactose content is reduced by 70 percent. (references)

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Expressions using "quart": dry quart ♦ mauvais quart d'heur. Additional references.

Beginning with "quart": quart-sized.

Ending with "quart": nine-quart.

Albanian

kuart, çerek galloni. (various references)

Arabic 

‏الكوارت ربع غالون. (various references)

Bulgarian 

кварта бира, кварта. (various references)

Chinese 

夸脱. (various references)

Czech

tuplák (magnum), kvart (quarto). (various references)

Farsi 

پیمانه ای درحدودبیک لیتر, کوارت . (various references)

French

litre. (various references)

German

Quart (fourth, quarte, quarto). (various references)

Greek 

τέταρτο γαλονιού. (various references)

Hebrew 

רביעית (fourth, quarter). (various references)

Hungarian

kvart (quarte). (various references)

Italian

quarto di gallone. (various references)

Korean 

쿼트. (various references)

Manx

kaart (card, charter), caart (card, playing card). (various references)

Papago

kualtho. (various references)

Pig Latin

artquay

Portuguese

quarto (bedroom, chamber, fourth, inner tire, quarter, room), um quarto de um galão. (various references)

Romanian

sfert (fourth, quarter), cvartã. (various references)

Russian 

кварта. (various references)

Scottish

seipein (a quart), c� rt (a quart). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kvart (quarter). (various references)

Spanish

cuarto de galón. (various references)

Swedish

stop (box, container, jug, pitcher, vessel). (various references)

Turkish

kuartet (quartet, quartette), galonun dörtte biri, eskrimde dördüncü duruş, dörtlü (four, foursome, quad, quadr-, quadraphonic, quadripartite, quadro-, quadrophonic, quadruple, quadruplet, quartet, quartette, quater-, quaternary, Square, tetra-, tetrad). (various references)

Ukrainian

кварта. (various references)

Vietnamese 

góc tư galông. (various references)

Welsh

chwart. (various references)

quarte. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "quart": quartan, quartans, quarte, quarter, quarterage, quarterages, quarterback, quarterbacked, quarterbacking, quarterbacks, quarterdeck, quarterdecks, quartered, quarterfinal, quarterfinalist, quarterfinalists, quarterfinals, quartering, quarterings, quarterlies, quarterly, quartermaster, quartermasters, quartern, quarterns, quarters, quartersawed, quartersawn, quarterstaff, quarterstaffs, quarterstaves, quartes, quartet, quartets, quartette, quartettes, quartic, quartics, quartile, quartiles, quarto, quartos, quarts, quartz, quartzes, quartzite, quartzites, quartzitic, quartzose. (additional references)

Words containing "quart": forequarter, forequarters, headquarter, headquartered, headquartering, headquarters, hindquarter, hindquarters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Quart" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equar, kwart, Qar, qart, quact, quaet, quaft, quahr, quait, qualt, quar, quara, quarat, quarb, quarc, quard, quare, quarf, quarg, quari, Quaritch, quarj, quarm, quarn, quaro, quarp, quarr, quars, quarta, quarte, quarti, quartr, quarty, quarzt, Quast, Quat, Quatbi, quatra, quazt, queert, quemt, quept, querd, querm, querp, querr, quert, querty, querw, queyt, quiar, quift, quird, quirg, Quirm, Quorshi, quort, quorte, quott, qurd, qurrt, qursh, qurt, Quwait, squart, uart. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: art, qat, qua, rat, rut, tar, tau, uta.

-3 letters: ar, at, ta, ut.

+1 letter: quarte, quarto, quarts, quartz, quatre.

+2 letters: equator, parquet, quadrat, quartan, quarter, quartes, quartet, quartic, quartos, quatres, quintar, racquet.

+3 letters: antiquer, aquarist, equators, paraquat, paraquet, paroquet, parquets, pratique, quadrant, quadrate, quadrats, quaestor, quainter, quartans, quartern, quarters, quartets, quartics, quartile, quartzes, quatorze, quatrain, quintars, racquets, requital, squarest, squatter, torquate, tranquil.

+4 letters: acquitter, antiquark, antiquary, antiquers, aquarists, banqueter, barquette, marquetry, paraquats, paraquets, paroquets, parqueted, parquetry, pratiques, quadrants, quadrated, quadrates, quadratic, quaestors, quantizer, quartered, quarterly, quarterns, quartette, quartiles, quartzite, quartzose, quatorzes, quatrains, requitals, sequestra, squatters, squattier, squawroot.