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 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
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Adjective
  • One third of 55 plus consumers live alone and are among the 82% of mature single and couples who want a 2,250 square foot or smaller home.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • More than 400 security personnel will be staffing the facility, which has 28,000-plus square feet of barbed wire.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Available in two sizes, this tablecloth is best suited to square and rectangular tables.
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
  • Round and rectangular tablecloths are the most common tablecloths, but there are also oval tablecloths and square tablecloths available.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • With the back seat extended flat, the cargo area expands to 46.2 cubic feet.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
  • The village also anticipates raising its water rate by 15% for an increase of 99 cents per 100 cubic feet of water.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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