quarters

English

Pronunciation

Noun

quarters

  1. plural of quarter.

Noun

quarters

  1. (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
      “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. [] Steerage is like everything else maritime [] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
  2. (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
    • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)
      The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
  3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  4. Quarterfinals.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

quarters

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter

Catalan

Noun

quarters

  1. plural of quarter

French

Noun

quarters m

  1. plural of quarter

Middle English

Noun

quarters

  1. plural of quarter
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