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quarter-hour

[ kwawr-ter-ouuhr, -ou-er ]

noun

  1. a period of 15 minutes.
  2. a point 15 minutes after or before the hour.


quarter-hour

noun

  1. a period of 15 minutes
  2. any of the points on the face of a timepiece that mark 15 minutes before or after the hour, and sometimes 30 minutes after
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌquarter-ˈhourly, adverbadjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter-hour1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Here were two new griefs hurling themselves in over the wires all in the same quarter-hour, besides the one I had up my sleeve.

Something tender came into their tones as quarter-hour after quarter-hour went on, and they forgot the lapse of time.

But first she had to undergo a bad quarter-hour in the back-parlour.

A quarter-hour later the doctor had him safely tucked into his berth in the cabin, with whisky and lemon aboard him.

We have had a quarter-hour's ride when the gondola comes to rest before broad stone steps leading upward to a wide doorway.

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