QUARTERED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

quartered

verb

past tense of quarter

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter the militia is being quartered just outside the city

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Recent Examples of quartered Rather than being pulled or shredded, the pork is quartered, its skin rendered crisp in the oven throughout the day, and then chopped to order by weight and dressed with a South Carolina-style vinegar sauce. — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026 One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Finally, he was drawn and quartered, his remains displayed in the public square. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 Once they're quartered, drizzle them with cream and top them with white cake mix and butter. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026 Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Sprinkle quartered cookies over sherbet mixture, pressing gently into the mixture. — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartered

Verb

The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Check into Trevarefabrikken, a photogenic boutique hotel and cultural hub in a mossy-yellow building that once housed a cod liver oil factory.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of housed

Verb

Kim has accommodated some of these economic changes; once prohibited, markets are now regulated and taxed by the state.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
An ancient Roman fort discovered in a remote part of Wales could help unravel a centuries-old legend about a Roman emperor — and may have accommodated as many as 1,000 soldiers, the archaeologist behind the discovery told Fox News Digital.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of accommodated

Verb

The shooter then fired a second shot, which hit the left pocket of the man’s shorts and lodged into his cellphone, according to the affidavit.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
One tale from Windy City Ghosts goes that a few nights after the dagger was removed from wherever it was lodged in the basement, an employee, possibly a bouncer, went down the basement.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of lodged

Verb

Thousands of people marched through the city during the day, and at the end a few hundred camped out in Rossio, an iconic square in downtown Lisbon.

— Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
George, Louise and her kids camped in Garden of the Gods, at Shawnee National Forest.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026