quartering

verb

Definition of quarteringnext
present participle of quarter
as in housing
to provide with living quarters or shelter the militia is being quartered just outside the city

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Recent Examples of quartering Which amendment prohibits quartering of troops in homes during peacetime? — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 2 July 2026 Meanwhile, break the cauliflower into small florets, halving or quartering the larger ones, and rinse well. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 Dark Renaissance will teach you a great deal about Marlowe’s brilliance and the Elizabethan era—its theater, the aristocracy, the spy craft, and the finer points of drawing and quartering religious dissidents. — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 The closest buck was quartering away to my right, running hard. — Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025 LeMessurier also realized his engineers had miscalculated how much stress would be offset by the building’s weight during quartering winds. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartering
  1. housing
  2. accommodating
  3. sheltering
  4. lodging
  5. boarding
  6. camping
Verb
  • The Hotel Westin Excelsior, which sits opposite to the Palazzo, will officially become part of MIA, housing its film and drama activities in conference and meeting rooms.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Within this market, ICE ships detainees around the country, paying hundreds of facilities a per-day rate for housing them.
    — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of housing
Verb
  • Its wheelbase and overall dimensions are larger than the Eagle's, making it a tad more accommodating for bigger riders.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The regime’s final refuge now lies in the self-deception of fearful nations that still believe accommodating aggression can secure a durable peace.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of accommodating
Verb
  • About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • That’s true even while lodging in a dorm room at Missouri Western State University, home of the Chiefs’ annual summer training camp.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The criminal complaint alleges that Castro fired a gun at the front door of a home in Minneapolis, striking a victim in the leg before lodging in a child’s bedroom wall, and then knowingly provided false information to an officer about it.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • The spokesperson clarified that the child was not boarding a bus or crossing to catch a bus at the stop, but did not provide additional details about what was going on at the time.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Passengers were seen deplaning via stairs and boarding a bus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarding
Verb
  • The new flat surfaces seem a little low, but that may be by design to discourage folks from camping out there.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But be prepared for long mountain views, longer mountain hikes, camping under the northern lights and singing along with howling wolves.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of camping

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“Quartering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quartering. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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