quart
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quart (kwôrt)
noun
- a unit of liquid measure, equal to of a liquid gallon or 2 liquid pints or 32 fluid ounces (0.94635 liquid liters): the British and Canadian imperial quart equals 1.1365 liquid liters
- a unit of dry measure, equal to dry gallon or peck or 2 dry pints (1.1012 dry liters or 67.2006 cubic inches)
- any container with a capacity of one quart
Etymology: ME < MFr quarte < fem. of OFr quart, a fourth < L quartus, fourth < base of quattuor, four
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quart
- quarter
- quarterly
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