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square foot

[ skwair foot ]

noun

, plural square feet.
  1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. : ft 2 , sq. ft. Compare running foot ( def ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of square foot1

First recorded in 1670–80

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Example Sentences

“Average weekly sales per store were $742,000, translating to record sales per gross square foot of $1,000,” the company boasted.

They did let me have a 36 square foot Lego city in the house!

The day of the 30,000 square foot bookstore is over, but the day of the 3000 square foot bookstore has arrived.

The entrance to the 20,000 square-foot nightclub is a sea of asphalt—a huge parking lot.

Last year, the Journal notes, Apple stores were bringing in $5,971 per square foot, a 17 percent increase from 2011.

Here and there was a garden patch, for where there was so little land to cultivate, not even one square foot must be wasted.

The pressure of the highest part of the dam on the foundations beneath amounts to many tons per square foot.

He amused himself for ever so long, gazing down upon the grass, every square foot of which was a mine of wonders.

The solution is used cold, with a current density of about 10 to 20 ampères per square foot.

This solution works well at ordinary temperatures, or slightly warm, with a current density of ten ampères per square foot.

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