square foot

American  

[skwair foot] / ˈskwɛər ˈfʊt /

noun

• square feet
  plural

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side; 0.0929 square meters. ft 2 , sq. ft.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• square feet
  plural

Etymology

Origin of square foot

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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square foot

The company also has a 1.1 million square foot 1.1-million-square-foot factory in Hanford, Calif., where it invested nearly $4 billion to produce its EVs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Weber moved into the 3,356 square foot house in 1994.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Shehu, 60, today lives in Miami, where property records show he owns a column-lined 4,000 square foot home on Miami Beach’s Flamingo Drive with his wife, a former Albanian television celebrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The money he raised was used to fund Guo's lavish lifestyle which included a 50,000 square foot mansion, a $1m Lamborghini and a $37m yacht, they said.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

If the carpet covers the stain entirely, we know that the stain is smaller than the carpet; if the carpet is one square foot, then the stain must take up less than one square foot.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife