1. quart(n = noun.quantity) - a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon;
is a kind of united states liquid unit
is a part of gal, gallon
has parts: pint
2. quart(n = noun.quantity) - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters;
is a kind of british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit
is a part of congius, gallon, imperial gallon
has parts: pint
3. quart(n = noun.quantity) dry quart - a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches;
is a kind of united states dry unit
is a part of peck
has parts: dry pint, pint
The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [1913 Webster]
"Camber did possess the western quart." [1913 Webster]
1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. [1913 Webster]
" In imperial measure, a quart is forty English fluid ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American fluid ounces. The United States dry quart contains 67.20 cubic inches, the fluid quart 57.75. The English quart contains 69.32 cubic inches." [1913 Webster]
2. A vessel or measure containing a quart. [1913 Webster]
In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. Hoyle. [1913 Webster]
quart, n.
1 a liquid measure equal to a quarter of a gallon; two pints.
2 a vessel containing this amount.
3 US a unit of dry measure, equivalent to one-thirty-second of a bushel (1.1 litre).
4 (also quarte) the fourth of eight parrying positions in fencing.
Idiom:
a quart into a pint pot
1 a large amount etc. fitted into a small space.
2 something difficult or impossible to achieve.
Etymology:
ME f. OF quarte f. L quarta fem. of quartus fourth f. quattuor four
N quadrisection, quadripartition, quartering, fourth, quart, quarter, quartern, farthing, fourthing, quadrant, quartered, quadrifid, quadripartite, rectangular.