Thesaurus results for QUADRANGLE

quadrangle

noun

ˈkwä-ˌdraŋ-gəl

as in courtyard

an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls) since the weather was sunny, the convocation was held outside in the college's quadrangle

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Recent Examples of quadrangle The royals and their guests observed rows of guards in bearskins on the quadrangle, and the U.K. and U.S. national anthems played. —

Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025 There, visitors come across soaring mosaics made from tiny golden tiles, murals of horses and sandy indoor quadrangles with palm trees sprouting up under vaulted ceilings. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Her arguable masterpiece follows the vain Leonora Eyre over and around a fraught love quadrangle with a widowed antiques dealer, his nephew, and some other motley souls. —

Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 It was shot in Mexico and mimics a telenovela about a fatal love quadrangle. —

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The second major change is that a swath of the roof was removed, creating an expansive courtyard and open-air entrance and lobby area, which feels right for the location and, again, cuts down on the air conditioning.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
His fluid camera, observational without being intrusive, expertly delineates the safe space of Layla’s courtyard, shifting registers as things get darker until near the end, when jumbled night reinforces the tense uncertainty.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 May 2026