quart

noun

a unit of liquid measure of capacity, equal to one fourth of a gallon, or 57.749 cubic inches (0.946 liter) in the U.S. and 69.355 cubic inches (1.136 liters) in Great Britain.

a unit of dry measure of capacity, equal to one eighth of a peck, or 67.201 cubic inches (1.101 liters).

a container holding, or capable of holding, a quart.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Old French quarte fourth part, quarter < Latin quarta, noun use of feminine of quartus fourth (in order)

Can be confused: quarts, quartz.

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noun

Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)

Fencing Rare. quarte.

Origin:
1685–95; < French quarte, noun use of feminine of quart < Latin quartus; see quart¹

quarter.

quarterly.

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quart¹ (kwɔːt)

—n
1.	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
2.	a unit of dry measure equal to 2 pints or one eighth of a peck

[C14: from Old French quarte, from Latin quartus fourth]

quart²

—n
1.	piquet a sequence of four cards in the same suit
2.	fencing a variant spelling of quarte

[C17: from French quarte fourth]

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Word Origin & History

quart

early 14c., "one-fourth of a gallon," from O.Fr. quarte "a fourth part" (13c.), from L. quarta (pars), from fem. of quartus "fourth," related to quattuor "four," from PIE base *kewtwor- (see four).

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Medical Dictionary

quart (kwôrt)
n.
Abbr. q., qt, qt.

A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 2 pints or 32 ounces (0.946 liter).
A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to 1.101 liters.

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quart

(kwôrt) Pronunciation Key

A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in liquid measure and equal to ¹/₄ of a gallon or 32 ounces (0.95 liter). See Table at measurement.
A unit of volume or capacity in the US Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to ¹/₈ of a peck or 2 pints (1.10 liter). See Table at measurement.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

quart.
quarterly

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quart

unit of capacity in the British Imperial and U.S. Customary systems of measurement. For both liquid and dry measure, the British system uses one standard quart, which is equal to two imperial pints, or one-fourth imperial gallon (69.36 cubic inches, or 1,136.52 cubic cm). The U.S. system has two units called a quart, one for liquid measure and a slightly larger unit for dry measure. The U.S. liquid quart is equal to two liquid pints, or one-fourth U.S. gallon (57.75 cubic inches, or 946.35 cubic cm); and the dry quart is equal to two dry pints, or 132 bushel (67.2 cubic inches, or 1,101.22 cubic cm).

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Example sentences

All that time we've had a quart of whiskey in the pantry for company and he

hasn't even gone near it.

Cover with alum water, allowing two teaspoons powdered alum to each quart of

water.

In the chamber was a quart jar with a surgical glove stretched across its mouth.

Have ready a frying-pan two-thirds full of boiling salted water, allowing

one-half tablespoon salt to one quart of water.

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"Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but magnified the bad things, so they came to feel as painful as a grain in one's eye. An open window, a forgotten quart of milk, a TV set left blaring, socks on the bathroom floor could become occasions for incredible rage. And something happened sexually in marriage—the swearing to forsake all others, despite its slight observance, had a profound effect. Some people felt trapped by it, impelled to assert what they called freedom. Some accepted it like a rein, and in the effort to avoid pain in the form of hopeless desire, cut off occasions of desire, avoided having long talks at parties with attractive members of the opposite sex. In time, all feeling for the opposite sex was cut off, and intercourse limited to the barest politenesses.... But something happened to you when you did that, a kind of death seeped up from the genitals to the rest of the body, till it showed in the eyes, the gestures, in a certain lifelessness."

-Marilyn French

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