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quart

quart

68 1.5
A measure for liquids and dry goods equal to one quarter of a gallon or two pints
  • noun
  • /kwɔrt/
translation icon : cuarto de galón
  • This two-quart ''Seals-M-Rite'' container... keeps hot dog buns fresh for days.
  • a quart of water
  • two quarts
  • a quart bag

Again, I'm using the seven quarts and this recipe works really good.

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Examples

  • People will drive twenty miles from the city just to get one quart of homegrown berries.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Bines had come into the house to visit and was drinking a quart of wine.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So I sat down to watch this with a quart of ice cream.

  • I want you to get me a quart of beer, Miller High Life.

  • I'll put a quart of water in that pool for every pass you complete.

  • You will probably need at least two quarts of water for an afternoon shooting session.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Then I poured perhaps a quart of water from it back into the pool.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Bosque arrived carrying three cold cases and two quarts of Crown Russe.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And I'm gonna need about ten quarts of antifreeze, preferably Prestone.

  • I bought a quart of milk from the grocery store to make pancakes.

Synonyms

qt
vsquart
  • US
2 5.5

A unit for measuring liquids equal to a quarter of a gallon

is the full written form used for both liquid and dry measures

Compounds

dry quart
  • Specialized
7.2

A US measure for dry goods equal to two dry pints, about 1.1 liters

How Much

hin
  • Archaic
1 9.9
gallon
416 1.0
quart
68 1.5
pint
  • UK
6 1.0
cup
  • US
609 1.0
tablespoon
99 1.0
teaspoon
33 1.0

Surface Forms

quart singular
quarts plural

Etymology

Quart comes from the Latin quartus meaning 'fourth', like the English word quarter. So a quart is one 'quarter' of a gallon, which is why it equals two pints.