Definition of quart Quart

/kwɔˈɹt/ - [kwort] - quart

We found 14 definitions of quart from 6 different sources.

What does quart mean?

Noun Plural: quarts
quart - a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
		united states liquid unit a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System
		gallon, gal United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
quart - a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches
		dry quart
		united states dry unit a unit of measurement of capacity for dry substances officially adopted in the United States Customary System
		peck a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
quart - a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters
		british capacity unit, imperial capacity unit a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
		congius, imperial gallon, gallon United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters

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quart (Noun)
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth quarter of a gallon. Equivalent to 1. 136 liters in the UK and 0. 946 liter liquid quart or 1. 101 liters dry quart in the U. S.
quart (Noun)
Four successive cards of the same suit.
quart (Noun)
A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

quart (n.)
The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
quart (n.)
A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
quart (n.)
A vessel or measure containing a quart.
quart (n.)
In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.

quart
Quarte, kärt, n. a sequence of four cards: one of the eight thrusts and parries in fencing.—Quart and tierce, practice between fencers. [Fr. quarte.]
quart
kwort, or kwawrt, n. the fourth part of a gallon, or two pints: a vessel containing two pints: (Spens.) a quarter: the peck or quarter of a bushel: (mus.) the interval of a fourth.—n. Quartā′tion, the parting of gold and silver by means of nitric acid.—Quart d'écu (Shak.), a cardecu. [Fr. quarte—L. quartus, fourth—quatuor, four.]

A quart is a unit of measurement for volume. It is a quarter of a gallon or two pints. Because the imperial system and the American system use different gallons their quarts are different also.

Different systems.

In the American system there are two different quarts. There is a wet quart and a dry quart. There is only one imperial quart. One U.S. dry quart is a little smaller than one imperial quart. Six U.S. wet pints are about five imperial pints.

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