three-quarter

or three-quar·ters

[ three-kwawr-ter ]

adjective
  1. consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.

  2. (of a portrait) showing the face as seen from in front and somewhat to the side: a three-quarter view.

Origin of three-quarter

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words Nearby three-quarter

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How to use three-quarter in a sentence

  • The day's march was a solid five and three quarter miles against a fifty-mile wind.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • In the evening, Moyes and I weighed ourselves again; he had gained seven pounds and I five and three-quarter pounds.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • The wekas or Maori hens are small, flightless birds, averaging when full grown about two and three-quarter pounds.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for three-quarter

three-quarter

adjective
  1. being three quarters of something: a three-quarter turn

  2. being of three quarters the normal length

noun
  1. rugby

    • any of the four players between the fullback and the halfbacks

    • this position

    • (as modifier): three-quarter play

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