Definition of QUART

quart

Plural: quarts

Noun

  • A unit of liquid capacity, equal to two pints.
  • a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
  • a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
  • a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
  • 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.
  • Four successive cards of the same suit.
  • A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
  • The fourth defensive position; quarte.
  • Safety, soundness; health.

Adj

  • Safe, sound; healthy.
  • Transverse.
  • Contentious or quarrelsome.

Adv

  • Crosswise; across.

Verb

  • To thwart.

Examples

  • He only needed a QUART of good luck to draw the tiles he needed for a bingo.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).

Synonyms

dry quart

Scrabble Score: 14

quart: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
quart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

quart: valid Words With Friends Word