square
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- adjective
- /skwɛr/
- She drew a square diagram to illustrate her point about geometry.
- square foot
- square meter
- square mile
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Watch on YouTubeYou found out that they were almost perfectly square inside and polished.
- You found out that they were almost perfectly square inside and polished.
- But also like, let's say, you know, we have a room, a square room, right?
- Then we get to good and evil moral phenomena, square and oblong.
- And the angled walls are yes, a Karate combat have a square pit.
Examples
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It is very square and very black.
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Build a square house here, next to this tree.
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It's now exactly square on both ends.
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'Cause other than the house being square, it's beautiful.
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But also like, let's say, you know, we have a room, a square room, right?
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And luckily for me, this painting and this hard board are square on two sides.
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Make sure your squares are square and not rectangles.
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Next to the bench is a square stool where an overseer used to sit.
Academic text (1999) -
The last time the 16,000-square-foot library underwent a renovation was in the early 1990s.
Academic text (2013) -
The table is perfectly square, with equal sides and right angles.
Synonyms
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Having four equal sides and four corners
Antonyms
Idioms
To stand or sit with shoulders pulled back to show confidence before something difficult
Compounds
- US
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1.4
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
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A busy part of Manhattan with bright lights, theaters, and New Year's Eve celebrations
- Texting
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4.0
An online place where people meet to discuss public issues and share ideas
- Specialized
8
3.4
A unit that measures pressure equal to one pound of force on one square inch
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3.7
A large open place in central London with a monument to Nelson and big lion statues
- Specialized
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3.9
A knot used to join two ends of rope or cord by tying two opposite small knots
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A tool with a long straight edge and a T-shaped top used to draw straight or parallel lines
- Specialized
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A square grid of numbers whose rows, columns, and main diagonals add to the same total
- Archaic
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8.5
A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind
- Specialized
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9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
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A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point
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A large flat L-shaped metal tool carpenters use to measure and mark right angles
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Music played to accompany square dancing, often with lively fiddle or banjo rhythms
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A square grid filled with different symbols so each symbol appears once in each row and column
- Specialized
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A metal tool with a ruler and handle for checking right angles in wood or metal
- Specialized
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A number that shows if the data you see differ from what you expect
- Specialized
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A small metal piece with four flat sides that fits on a bolt to hold things together
- Specialized
A hand tool with two arms joined at one end to measure or mark angled lines
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
- Specialized
A Roman style of writing using upright block capital letters often carved on stone
- Archaic
A medium-sized Arctic seal with whiskers on each side of its nose, also called the bearded seal
- Archaic
A person with very old-fashioned and strict ideas about how people should behave
How Many
- Specialized
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- Specialized
1
3.4
- Specialized
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3.7
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective square also comes from the Latin root quad- meaning 'four', and it describes something that has four equal sides or forms a right angle.