Quart

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɔː(r)t/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

Origin

From French quart, from Latin quartus ("one-fourth").

Full definition of quart

Noun

1. A 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.
2. (cards) Four successive cards of the same suit.
• 1908, Cavendish, The laws of piquet adoptedA tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major.
3. (obsolete) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
• SpenserCamber did possess the western quart.