QUARTERN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of four equal parts

Example:

a quarter of a pound

Synonyms:

fourth; fourth part; one-fourth; one-quarter; quarter; quartern; twenty-five percent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("quartern" is a kind of...):

common fraction; simple fraction (the quotient of two integers)

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