quart
IPA: kwˈɔrt
noun
- A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
- (card games) Four successive cards of the same suit.
- (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
- (dialectal, obsolete) Safety, soundness; health.
verb
- (dialectal) To thwart.
adjective
- (dialectal, obsolete) Safe, sound; healthy.
- (dialectal) Transverse.
- (dialectal) Contentious or quarrelsome.
adverb
- (dialectal) Crosswise; across.
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Examples of "quart" in Sentences
- It used to drink not leak a quart of oil every 750 miles.
- Small beets that run 40 to a quart are the most suitable size for first-class packs.
- A quart is the next size up and is 1/4 ( "quart" like "quarter") of a gallon, or four cups.
- One can buy liquid buttermilk in quart sizes but I recently took Lydia's advice and bought myself a tub of buttermilk powder.
- Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 28 weeks 1 day ago use urethane as head cement. it is readily available at hardware stores and a quart is about 8 bucks around here.
- In growing meekness Babbitt went on waiting till Hanson casually reappeared with a quart of gin — what is euphemistically known as a quart — in his disdainful long white hands.
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