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QUART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quart" is a kind of...):
United States liquid unit (a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Meronyms (parts of "quart"):
pint (a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart)
Holonyms ("quart" is a part of...):
gal; gallon (United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quart" is a kind of...):
United States dry unit (a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System)
Meronyms (parts of "quart"):
dry pint; pint (a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches)
Holonyms ("quart" is a part of...):
peck (a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("quart" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)
Meronyms (parts of "quart"):
pint (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters)
Holonyms ("quart" is a part of...):
congius; gallon; Imperial gallon (a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters)
Context examples:
A traditional unit of volume equal to 4 Scots quarts, or approximately three British Imperial gallons, or 3.6 US liquid gallons, or 13.63 liters.
(Gallon Scotland, NCI Thesaurus)
A United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart.
(Pint, NCI Thesaurus)
A historical British unit of dry volume equal to 4 dry quarts, or 1/8 of a US bushel (Winchester bushel), or 268.8025 cubic inches, or 4404.88377086 milliliters.
(Gallon Historical, NCI Thesaurus)
When we got to the inn, the squire and Dr. Livesey were seated together, finishing a quart of ale with a toast in it, before they should go aboard the schooner on a visit of inspection.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I'll buy you quarts if you want it, but for heaven's sake don't have hysterics, for I've brought Jack Scott home to dinner, and...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“And I will lay a gallon of Jurancon wine upon the long-bow,” said Black Simon, “though I had rather, for my own drinking, that it were a quart of Twynham ale.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"The beggar sells nothing but American whiskey. But here's a quart of it."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
After he had drunk a quart of hot water the man found he was able to stand, and even to walk as well as a dying man might be supposed to walk.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The bag is opened, and several quarts of tin money shower down upon the stage till it is quite glorified with the glitter.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“That means a quart of the best malmsey in Southampton this very night, Matthew Atwood. Art sure that he is dead?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
