Quart Meaning
/kwɔːt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
nounFour successive cards of the same suit.
Sentence Examples
I want a quart of milk.
Two pints are equal to a quart.
I drank a quart of water in three minutes.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The container held exactly one ____ of liquid, which is equal to two pints.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe called for a ____ of milk, which she measured carefully before adding it to the mixture.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English quart, quarte, from Old French quarte, carte, from Latin quartus (“one-fourth”). Cognate with Spanish cuarto (“quarter; room, quarters”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major."
— 1908, Cavendish, The laws of piquet adopted:
"Carrados ought to have won the point and divided tricks, leaving his opponent a minor quart and a solitary trio—about 15 on the hand. By a careless discard he threw away both chances and the final score stood at 205-112."
— 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
"Camber did possesse the Westerne quart."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14:
"[W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another."
— 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
"Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart."
— c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published 30 April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The container held exactly one ____ of liquid, which is equal to two pints.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe called for a ____ of milk, which she measured carefully before adding it to the mixture.