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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon;
2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters;
3. a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches;
[syn: quart, dry quart]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quart \Quart\, n. [See Quart a quarter.] In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. --Hoyle. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to quattuor four. See Four, and cf. 2d Carte, Quarto.] The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Camber did possess the western quart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See Quart a quarter.] 1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. [1913 Webster] Note: In imperial measure, a quart is forty English fluid ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American fluid ounces. The United States dry quart contains 67.20 cubic inches, the fluid quart 57.75. The English quart contains 69.32 cubic inches. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel or measure containing a quart. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "quart": barrel, bushel, cord, cubic foot, cubic meter, cup, decaliter, decastere, deciliter, dkl, drop, dry pint, fifth, finger, gallon, gill, hogshead, jeroboam, jigger, kiloliter, magnum, milliliter, minim, peck, pint, pony, tablespoon, teaspoon, yard
