Thesaurus results for QUADRATE

quadrate

adjective

ˈkwä-ˌdrāt

Definition of quadrate

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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Recent Examples of quadrate The eyewear features a quadrate shield-lens, which is one piece that covers both eyes. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrate

Adjective

The million-square-foot (93,000-square-meter) main building has remained empty since Katrina.

— JACK BROOK, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The park covers 522,427 acres (800 square miles) and is about a 150-mile drive northwest from uptown Charlotte.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of square

Adjective

San Bruno’s 1-million-cubic-foot facility alone holds more than 750,000 immigration case files, many of which document Asian American and Pacific Islander history on the West Coast.

— Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026
Crews with the Kansas Department of Transportation collected at least 785 cubic yards of storm debris, and more than 250 people have dropped off debris at the county’s recycling center, according to the Unified Government Environmental Services.

— Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026