quarter
35
8.8
- noun
- /ˈkwɔrtər/
- Specialized
:
zona de popa
- The sailors on the ship were instructed to clean the quarter after their lunch break.
I still vividly remember that somebody came in and say, hey guys, I just I just came back from quarter deck.
- I still vividly remember that somebody came in and say, hey guys, I just I just came back from quarter deck.
Examples
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During the storm, the captain secured the cargo at the quarter to prevent it from shifting.
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Soon the captain appeared from his quarters, and he, too, was freshly washed, with his beard neatly clipped.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sea beast approaching from rear port quarter!
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25 off your starboard quarter.
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"I think you'll be of more value to us on the quarter deck."
Fiction book (1992) -
Captain Mox had been spending most of his time in his own narrow quarters.
Fiction book (2001) -
The only flaw in their happiness was the lack of privacy in their living quarters.
Fiction book (1992) -
The officer assigned the security team to patrol the quarter where the ammunition was stored.
Synonyms
85
5.8
The back part of a ship or boat
4
8.9
The rear area of a ship's top deck where officers stand for ceremonies
The back part of a ship
The rear part of a ship's deck behind the middle
Idioms
- Offensive
4
9.9
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
1
9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Compounds
- Specialized
20
3.2
The time when the Moon looks half lit about one week after the new moon
- Specialized
4
4.1
Half the Moon is lit when it comes after a full moon and before a new moon
4
3.7
A small, strong American horse bred for short, fast races like quarter-mile sprints
1
7.5
Fighting that happens at very short distance between people, often hand-to-hand
- Specialized
1
9.9
A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Archaic
1
9.9
A local court in England and Wales that met four times a year to try crimes before 1972
- Archaic
A unit of length equal to 10,000 km, one fourth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator
- Specialized
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
- US
A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut
- Specialized
A book with its spine and most of the sides covered in a different material like leather
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quarter comes from Latin quartus 'fourth' and came to mean a 'part' of something, so the ship's quarter is the rear or side part of the vessel.