Definition of quadratenext
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
  • Plans call for a nine-screen movie theater spanning 40,000 square feet, restaurants and bars, retail shops, and a 773-space parking garage, which has already been completed.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 June 2026
  • The hotel occupies 12 floors of a 42-story tower, offering 277 guest rooms and suites along with 15,000 square feet of event space.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • At its core, ThermoShift is basically a rectangular insulated panel with zippers, buckles and drawstrings, and all of its configurations are achieved by adjusting those components.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 2 June 2026
  • These are rectangular and larger than cylindrical cells, and shaped like a nine-volt battery (9V).
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • There will be an additional 290,000 cubic yards of sand in renourishment.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • The frunk has 11 cubic feet of cargo space and there’s an innovative interior pass-through called the Multi-Flex Midgate.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 31 May 2026

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“Quadrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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