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quart1 (kwɔːt
)
Definitions
noun
- a unit of liquid measure equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints. 1 US quart (0.946 litre) is equal to 0.8326 UK quart. 1 UK quart (1.136 litres) is equal to 1.2009 US quarts
- a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pints or one eighth of a peck
Word Origin
C14: from Old French quarte, from Latin quartus fourthquart2
Definitions
noun
- (kɑːt
) (piquet) a sequence of four cards in the same suit
- (kart
) (fencing) a variant spelling of quarte
Word Origin
C17: from French quarte fourthExample Sentences Including 'quart'
A man who eats a quart of ice cream every night shouldn't be dropping weight the way he's doing.MR STARLIGHT (2004)
About a quart of water should be used, and the process will take several minutes.The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
Fancy drinking a quart of gin and then taking on the sharps at the blackjack table?Times, Sunday Times (2004)
He used to have a pound of cold bacon, a peck of beans and a quart of ale.Whistler in the Dark
He's one of the many holding a rollie cigarette in one hand and a quart bottle of beer in the other.New Zealand Herald (2004)
Luther looked at the old man, who nodded and, stiff-legged, walked into the cabin with the quart of Wild Turkey.Dansville
Next, clean up the mildew using a solution of one-third cup of laundry detergent, one quart of liquid bleach and three quarts of warm water.Edmonton Sun (2003)
She, like me, was trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot.British Medical Journal (2002)
The standard wine quart eventually became fixed as one quarter of the volume of eight pounds weight of wine.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
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