quadrate

adjective

ˈkwä-ˌdrāt How to pronounce quadrate (audio)
Definition of quadratenext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrate
  1. square
  2. rectangular
  3. cubic
Adjective
  • Along with the damage from the Hurst Fire, the three blazes have burned more square mileage than that of Paris, CNN reports.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Others suggested the ring’s central stone appeared to have more of a square cut shape, as opposed to Meghan’s original round-cut diamond.
    Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of square
Adjective
  • After posing for a photo opportunity with then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his private office, the men filed through into the cabinet room next door and took seats at its long, rectangular table.
    Billy Perrigo, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Ribbons were popular as a clasp from the 1400s until the 1780s, before metal terminals in circular, rectangular or D-shapes became more highly used.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of rectangular
Adjective
  • On Thursday, Trinity Gas Storage announced commencement of operations at its 24 bcf (billion cubic feet) storage unit located near Carthage in East Texas, about 160 miles southeast of Dallas.
    David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Nemeth noted that in the spring of 2023 when California was being drenched with atmospheric river storms, 156,000 cubic feet of water per second — an enormous amount similar to the flow of the Columbia River — was flowing through the Delta and under the Golden Gate Bridge out to the sea.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of cubic
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