square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: skwâr
ipa: /skwɛə/
ipa: /skwɛː/
ipa: /skweɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
enpr: skwûr
ipa: /skwɜː(ɹ)/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /skwɛɹ/
ipa: [skwɛ˞]
ipa: /skwɛəɹ/
ipa: /skweː/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
enpr: skwîr
ipa: /skwiə̯/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /skweə̯/
note: Indic
ipa: /skweːɾ/
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /-æː/
ipa: /skwaja(ɾ)/
ipa: /sk(w)oja(ɾ)/
Forms: form: squares
Etymology: From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.
Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").
Senses: examples: text: I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.
ref: 1927, Kazimir Malevich, The Non-Objective World:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: rectangle#Noun
rhombus#Noun
kite#Noun
parallelogram#Noun
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polygon#Noun
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shape#Noun
coordinate_terms: circle
oval
triangle
trapezoid
lozenge
diamond
glosses: A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
examples: text: You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
glosses: Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
A cell in a grid.
examples: text: a square of glass
glosses: Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
A square piece, part, or surface.
glosses: Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
glosses: Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
coordinate_terms: column inch
examples: text: There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications.
ref: a. 2018, Bob Vila, “Carpenter squares”, in Bob Vila, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2008:
glosses: An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
glosses: An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
A true measure, standard, or pattern.
examples: text: The statue of Alexander the Seventh stands in the large square of the town.
ref: 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town square.
ref: 1995 October 10, NewsRadio, season 2, episode 3:
synonyms: piazza
plaza
glosses: An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
synonyms: piazza
plaza
place
glosses: An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
A street surrounding a public square or plaza.
raw_tags: in street names or addresses
examples: text: 64 is the square of 8.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: square root
glosses: The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
examples: text: Squares cannot be easily matched by regular expressions.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
examples: text: he alone
Dealt on lieutenantry, and no practice had
In the brave squares of war
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xi]:
text: 1818, quoted in Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event
The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
text: The sand of the desert is sodden red,—
 Red with the wreck of a square that broke;—
 The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead,
 And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
ref: 1897, Henry Newbolt, Vitae Lampada:
text: After disastrous attempts to break the Russian squares, during which, Longworth recounts, ‘the best and the bravest of the warriors fell victim to their own rashness’, the Circassians likewise changed their tactics.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 144:
qualifier: military formation
glosses: A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
examples: text: Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
text: Good looks are important, but good looks don't hold if he's a square.
ref: 1949 March 11, “R.S.V.P.”, in Courier, volume xv, number 9, Harvey, IL: Thornton Junior College, page 3:
text: She said: Wow! What a square! Don't you dig the scene? / Daddy Cool's playing his piano machine!
ref: 1957, Frank Slay, Bob Crewe, “Daddy Cool”, performed by The Rays:
text: The sad sack was a sitting on a block of stone
 Way over in the corner weepin' all alone.
 The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square
 If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair.
ref: 1957, “Jailhouse Rock”, Elvis Presley (music):
synonyms: word: basic bitch
word: bourgeois
word: L7
word: mainstreamer
word: mainstreamist
word: muggle
word: mundane
word: normal
word: normalfag
word: normaloid
word: normie
word: square
word: straight
qualifier: 1950s slang
glosses: A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
examples: text: Enter your account number followed by a square.
synonyms: word: hash
word: sharp
word: pound sign
glosses: The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
examples: text: An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
examples: 2006, Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm
Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square
2007, Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php
The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs.
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.
topics: academia
scholarly
sciences
glosses: A mortarboard.
examples: text: Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
glosses: Ellipsis of square meal.
examples: text: 1594-1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
text: I have not kept my square.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
examples: text: We live not on the square with such as these.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
glosses: The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
glosses: Cigarette.
topics: beverages
brewing
business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: A vat used for fermentation.
examples: text: She wanna talk about feelings
But I don't believe in love
Just give me your square
ref: 2019 July 24, “No Feelings”, Quezgo (lyrics)Link Up TV, 0:14–0:19:
text: I don’t really care about them man there
Tell the bad b “just swing your square”
ref: 2021 September 29, “Bars At The Sesh [S3.E7]”, #D15 Trigz (lyrics)Dearfxch TV, 1:05–1:08:
text: Get on your knees and suck this dick
Get on your knees and slop this quick
Bro knows I could never put trust in a bitch (Never)
Me and Tz like Lilo ’n Stitch
So don’t hesitate to swing me your shit
Yeah, swing your square
ref: 2021 November 18, “I Love to Scam”, Tankz (lyrics), 2:01–2:10:
glosses: A well-defined torso.
Derived terms: alphamagic square
antimagic square
back to square one
bacon square
be there and be square
bimagic square
black square
blue square
call it square
capsquare
carpenter's square
carpentry square
Cartesian square
catch a square
center square
centre square
chi-square
chi-square distribution
chi-square test
circle gets the square
combination square
complete the square
cube-square law
deep square leg
diamond-square algorithm
difference of two squares
flight square
four square
four-square
foursquare
framing square
geomagic square
geometric square
goal square
goalsquare
granny square
Greco-Latin square
grid square
headsquare
heterosquare
inverse-square law
jazz square
kid on the square
Latin square
lemon square
Logan Square
L square
machinist square
magic square
Malcolm Square-Perfecto
mandarin square
market square
mean square
miter square
most-perfect magic square
multimagic square
non-square
nonsquare
on the square
optical square
over square
pandiagonal magic square
Parker square
perfect square
pocket square
Polybius square
polysquare
prime reciprocal magic square
principal square root
public square
Punnett square
quasi-square
quasisquare
queening square
Rice Krispie square
Roman square capitals
roof square
root mean square
root mean square velocity
Sator square
semisquare
sesquisquare
set square
sq
sq.
sqr
sqr.
sqround
squarable
squarcle
Square and Compass
square annulus
square ball
square bashing
square-bracket
square breathing
square-cube law
squared
square dance
square-dance
square dancer
square degree
square division
square-eyed
square eyes
square footage
square-free
squarefree
squareful
square-gaiter
square gin
squaregraph
square grouper
square-jawed
square john
square kilometer
square kilometre
square leg umpire
square-less
squareless
square-like
squarelike
square-lipped rhinoceros
squareman
square meal
squareneck
square notation
square of opposition
square on
square one
square one's shoulders
square peg in a round hole
square piano
square-pierced
square-pushing
square rig
square rigged
square-rigged
square-rigger
square roof
square-root
square root
squareroot
square root decomposition
square root of fuck all
squaresail
square sausage
square scooter
square-shooter
square script
square stern
Squaresville
square tab shingle
squaretail
squaretoes
square-up
square-wise
squarewise
Squarial
squaric
Squariel
squaring
squarish
squaroid
squartle
squary
squircle
squircular
squirtle
squoval
steel square
subsquare
supersquare
three-square
Times Square
town square
Trafalgar Square
trimagic square
try-miter square
try square
T-square
under square
unsquarable
unsquare
upon the square
Willington Square
word square
Yorkshire square