Thesaurus results for QUADRATE

quadrate

adjective

ˈkwä-ˌdrāt

Definition of quadrate

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 The eyewear features a quadrate shield-lens, which is one piece that covers both eyes. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrate

Adjective

Outlooks and layouts vary but most rooms come with ravishing views of the Bosphorus; a few have terraces or gardens, while the split-level 5920-square-foot Peninsula Suite has a private rooftop terrace, outdoor swimming pool, gym, and hammam.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Precincts with more votes cast per square mile appear more solid, with areas with lower voter density fade to white.

— Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of square

Adjective

Pancho’s implant, a delicate array of electrodes spread over a flat, flexible rectangular device like a business card, is placed on the surface of his vocal motor cortex, which governs speech production.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
The shape of the lime patch suggested that the body had been inside a rectangular wooden coffin that was then filled with lime before being placed in the sarcophagus, Rodwell said.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of rectangular

Adjective

To forge the target in the first place, Rice University scientists bound small diamond grains with cubic boron nitride and cobalt using spark plasma sintering.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Leslea Meyerhoff, its coastal administrator, credits the millions of dollars the city spent two years ago on 250,000 cubic yards of sand to shore up its beaches.

— Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026