Hyphenation of “quarters”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for quarters is quar-ters, with 1 possible break point in this result.
What does “quarters” mean?
quarters: Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.
Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.
Example: “peel and quarter the bananas”
Display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family.
Example: “Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own”
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Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.
Example: “she cut each apple into quarters”
One fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
Example: “It can be made in different sizes to contain a fraction of an ounce to a quarter pound or more of liquid, gel, or cream.”
The haunches or hindquarters of a horse.
Example: “they have strong, muscular quarters”
The direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
Example: “The weather was perfect, the course firm and the wind blowing from the quarter best suited to setting golfers the fiercest possible test on the inward nine holes.”
Pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power.
Example: “the riot squad gave no quarter”
Each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
Words connected with “quarters”
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How “quarters” is split
For US English, the hyphenation result is quar-ters. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.
Questions about “quarters”
How do you hyphenate “quarters”?
In the US-English result used here, quarters is hyphenated as quar-ters.
Where can “quarters” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.
What does “quarters” mean?
Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.
Can you use “quarters” in a sentence?
“peel and quarter the bananas”