quart
quart Lexical Profile
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• noun
A unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints, equivalent to approximately 0.946 liters in the United States or 1.136 liters in the British Imperial system.
"The soup recipe calls for a full quart of vegetable broth and two cups of diced tomatoes."
A container, bottle, or carton holding a quart of liquid or dry goods.
"She picked up a quart of fresh strawberries from the local farmers' market."
The fourth of eight standard parrying positions in fencing, protecting the upper inside target area, or a sequence of four consecutive cards of the same suit in games such as piquet.
"The fencer quickly shifted into quart to deflect her opponent's lunge."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English quart, borrowed from Old French quarte, from Latin quarta (pars) meaning 'fourth part', in reference to a fourth of a gallon.