house vs quarter

house

verb
  • To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. 

  • To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. 

  • To admit to residence; to harbor. 

  • To contain or cover mechanical parts. 

  • To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole. 

  • To eat. 

  • To keep within a structure or container. 

  • To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. 

noun
  • House music. 

  • A workhouse. 

  • An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. 

  • A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. 

  • A theatre. 

  • An apartment building within a public housing estate. 

  • One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. 

  • A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. 

  • Size and quality of residential accommodations. 

  • The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. 

  • A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. 

  • A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. 

  • The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. 

  • Lotto; bingo. 

  • A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). 

  • A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household. 

  • A small stand of trees in a swamp. 

  • A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku. 

  • The people who live in a house; a household. 

  • A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these. 

  • A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. 

  • The fourth Lenormand card. 

  • A place of rest or repose. 

  • A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. 

quarter

verb
  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence. 

  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. 

  • To divide into quarters; to divide by four. 

  • To quartersaw. 

noun
  • A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. 

  • One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. 

  • A region or place. 

  • The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. 

  • A quarter of an acre or 40 roods. 

  • Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. 

  • A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. 

  • A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. 

  • A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests. 

  • Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. 

  • A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. 

  • A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. 

  • Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. 

  • A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. 

  • A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. 

  • A quarterfinal. 

  • A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. 

  • A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. 

  • The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. 

  • One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. 

  • A fourth part of a hundredweight. 

adj
  • Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%). 

  • Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. 

  • Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. 

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