Quadrangles - English meaning

noun

A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.

Usage examples:

The shadowed cloisters of the convent

verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

noun

A body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases.

Usage examples:

She will take the matter to court

verb

Be involved with (someone) romantically, with the intention of marrying.

Usage examples:

He was courting a girl from the neighbouring farm

noun

The place where trials and other legal cases happen

Usage examples:

[ u ] he is bringing charges against us and said, "i’ll see you in court.", [ u ] the newspaper agr…

noun

An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by walls or buildings, typically one forming part of a castle or large house.

Usage examples:

The long thin office wings enclose two hermetic internal courtyards or patios.

noun

An area of flat ground outside and partly or completely surrounded by one or more buildings

Usage examples:

Entrance to the apartment building is through a central courtyard.

noun

An area that is surrounded by a barrier.

Usage examples:

A deer enclosure

noun

A public square or marketplace, especially in an italian town.

Usage examples:

Here, folks stop to ‘take a coffee’ in one of the town's many piazzas, or public squares, as well a…

noun

Especially in italy, an open area with a hard surface in a town, especially where there is no traffic

noun

A public square, marketplace, or similar open space in a built-up area.

Usage examples:

The plaza is lively in the evenings when the pavement cafes are full

noun

An open, public area in a city or town, or a group of buildings with stores, often including an open, public area

Usage examples:

New york city’s rockefeller plaza

noun

The area within the walls or perceived boundaries of a particular building or place.

Usage examples:

A former mp who still works in the precincts of the house

noun

A quadrangle.

Usage examples:

Students greeted him as he walked through the quad

adjective

Quadruple or quadraphonic.

Usage examples:

Last year i landed my first quad toe loop.

noun

A square or rectangular outside area with buildings on all four sides, often part of the land of a college or university

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead