quadrate

adjective

ˈkwä-ˌdrāt How to pronounce quadrate (audio)
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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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  1. square
  2. rectangular
  3. cubic
Adjective
  • The performance center will include more than 100,000 square feet dedicated to practice, training and recovery spaces for the Hornets and will be home to the team’s business operations and administrative offices.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Each one-story building will be about 2,200 to 2,400 square feet, Pelfrey said.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of square
Adjective
  • Located across a side street and soon to be connected via an underground tunnel, the high-rise Pietro building, with its black, perforated and pleated metal sheet shell, is a sharp contrast to the long rectangular Lina structure.
    — Lise Alves, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The rectangular dining table comes in three different lengths, with chairs and benches available in multiple combinations and lengths.
    — Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of rectangular
Adjective
  • Canada supplies over 8 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to the U.S., meeting roughly 9% of domestic demand.
    — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The landslides deposited anywhere from roughly 3.5 million to around 141 million cubic feet of rock and ice.
    — Darren Orf, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of cubic
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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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