as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Adjective
  • Starting at $2 million, residences will range from three to five bedrooms and measure from about 3,000 to 5,000 square feet.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The legislation, a rival to a bipartisan starter homes bill that passed out of a House committee last week, would bar cities from mandating minimum lot sizes of more than 4,000 square feet for single-family homes.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Stretching the length of more than two football fields, the building’s basic rectangular form is bookended by two one-way helical ramps — up on the west and down on the east.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Most boards are rectangular and are comparable to cutting board sizes.
    BestReviews, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The cabin feels comfortable and spacious and has a generous 57.2 cubic feet of cargo room with the rear seat folded.
    Doug Newcomb, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Pie plates are 20-cents and 25-cents; tea kettles, $1.34; a Philco 45-record play with two records, $19.00, and a Westinghouse 7 cubic foot refrigerator at $195.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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