Meaning of quarter-hour | Babel Free

Definitions

1. fourth
2. quarter of an hour; period of time equal to 15 minutes; a quarter.
3. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to ⁄4 galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to ⁄4 saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display)
4. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour)
5. watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen)

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Examples

“These bells chime on the quarter-hour.”

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