Fourth vs. Quarter
Fourthadjective
The ordinal form of the number four.
Fourthnoun
(not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
Fourthnoun
(chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
Fourthnoun
(not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
Fourthnoun
(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
Fourthadjective
Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
Fourthadjective
Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
Fourthnoun
One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four.
Fourthnoun
The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.
Fourthnoun
One coming next in order after the third.
Fourthnoun
following the third position; number four in a countable series
Fourthnoun
one of four equal parts;
Fourthnoun
the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
Fourthadjective
coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude;
Fourthadverb
in the fourth place;
Quarteradjective
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
Quarteradjective
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
Quarteradjective
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
Quarternoun
Any fourth of something, particularly:
Quarternoun
A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
Quarternoun
A quarter of the year, 3 months; a season.
Quarternoun
(historical) The quarter-ton or tun, divided into 8 bushels, the medieval English unit of volume and weight named by the Magna Carta as the basis for measures of wine, ale, and grain
Quarternoun
(historical) The quarter-yard, divided into 4 nails, an obsolete English unit of length long used in the cloth trade
Quarternoun
(historical) The watch: A quarter of the night, nominally 3 hours but varying over the year.
Quarternoun
(heraldry) A charge occupying a fourth of a coat of arms, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
Quarternoun
(basketball) A period into which a game is divided. usually 8, 10 or 12 minutes according to the rules.
Quarternoun
quarterfinal
Quarternoun
Any substantial fraction of something less than half, particularly:
Quarternoun
A division or section of a town or other area, whether or not it constituted a fourth of the whole.
Quarternoun
(usually plural) A living place, from which:
Quarternoun
The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
Quarternoun
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
Quarterverb
(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
Quarterverb
(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
Quarterverb
(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarterverb
(transitive) To quartersaw.
Quarterverb
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Quarternoun
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
Quarternoun
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Quarternoun
Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Quarternoun
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
Quarternoun
Friendship; amity; concord.
Quarterverb
To divide into four equal parts.
Quarterverb
To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Quarterverb
To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
Quarterverb
To furnish as a portion; to allot.
Quarterverb
To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
Quarterverb
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarterverb
To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Quarternoun
one of four equal parts;
Quarternoun
a district of a city having some distinguishing character;
Quarternoun
one of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
Quarternoun
a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
Quarternoun
one of four periods into which the school year is divided;
Quarternoun
a fourth part of a year; three months;
Quarternoun
one of the four major division of the compass;
Quarternoun
a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Quarternoun
a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Quarternoun
a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
Quarternoun
an unspecified person;
Quarternoun
the rear part of a ship
Quarternoun
piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Quarterverb
provide housing for (military personnel)
Quarterverb
pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
Quarterverb
divide into quarters;
Quarterverb
divide by four; divide into quarters
Quarternoun
each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided
Quarternoun
a period of three months regarded as one fourth of a year, used especially in reference to financial transactions such as the payment of bills or a company's earnings
Quarternoun
a period of fifteen minutes or a point of time marking the transition from one fifteen-minute period to the next
Quarternoun
a coin representing 25 cents, a quarter of a US or Canadian dollar.
Quarternoun
each of the four parts into which an animal's or bird's carcass may be divided, each including a leg or wing.
Quarternoun
one fourth of a lunar month.
Quarternoun
(in basketball, American football, and Australian Rules) each of four equal periods into which a game is divided
Quarternoun
one of four terms into which a school or university year may be divided.
Quarternoun
one fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
Quarternoun
one fourth of a hundredweight (in the UK 28 lb or in the US 25lb).
Quarternoun
a grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels.
Quarternoun
the haunches or hindquarters of a horse
Quarternoun
a part of a town or city having a particular character or use
Quarternoun
the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
Quarternoun
a particular but unspecified person, group of people, or area
Quarternoun
either side of a ship aft of the beam
Quarternoun
rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service
Quarternoun
pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power
Quarternoun
each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
Quarternoun
a square charge which covers the top left (dexter chief) quarter of the field.
Quarterverb
divide into four equal or corresponding parts
Quarterverb
cut (the body of an executed person) into four parts
Quarterverb
cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to show the grain well.
Quarterverb
be stationed or lodged in a specified place
Quarterverb
impose someone on (another person) as a lodger
Quarterverb
range over or traverse (an area) in every direction
Quarterverb
move at an angle; go in a diagonal or zigzag direction
Quarterverb
display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family
Quarterverb
divide (a shield) into four or more parts by vertical and horizontal lines.
