[n] piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
[n] the rear part of a ship
[n] a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter"
[n] an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter"
[n] a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
[n] (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
[n] a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
[n] one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
[n] one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter"
[n] a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
[n] one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
[n] a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock"
[n] one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter"
[v] divide by four; divide into quarters
[v] divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
[v] pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
[v] provide housing for, of military personnel
Synonyms
after part, billet, canton, draw, draw and quarter, fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, poop, quartern, stern, tail, twenty-five percent