quad

• atrium
• close
• court
• courtyard
• curtilage
• deck
• enclosure
• forecourt
• galleria
• inclosure
• parvis
• parvise
• patio
• peristyle
• place
• plaza
• quadrangle
• quadrant
• quadraphonic
• quadruplet
• square
• terrace
• yard

• noun
  1. Four shots of espresso.
  2. A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
  3. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
  4. A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
  5. A quadrangle (courtyard).
  6. A quadruplet (infant).
  7. A quadrilateral.
  8. The quadriceps muscle.
  9. A quadriplegic person.
  10. A quadrupel beer.
  11. A quadcopter.
  12. A quad bike (from quadricycle).
  13. Abbreviation of quadrillion BTU. (1015 BTU).
  14. A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
  15. A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
  16. (phototypesetting and digital typesetting) A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right or quad centre.
• adjective
  1. Having four shots of espresso.
  2. Of or relating to quads.
• verb
  1. To ride a quad bike.
  2. To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
  3. (phototypesetting and digital typesetting) To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.

• Students gathered in the quad for a lively afternoon picnic.
• The professor's lecture was often held in the university's central quad.
• During the summer, families enjoyed playing frisbee on the spacious quad.
• A group of friends decided to meet at the campus quad to study together.
• The vibrant autumn leaves created a picturesque scene in the college quad.

quadrangle

quarter

yard

galleria

campus

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