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  • 41square — square1 [ skwer ] noun count *** 1. ) a shape with four straight sides of equal length and four corners called right angles: The garden has flower beds that form a perfect square. a ) a piece of something shaped like a square: Cut the fabric into …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 42square — I UK [skweə(r)] / US [skwer] noun [countable] Word forms square : singular square plural squares *** 1) a shape with four straight sides of equal length and four corners called right angles The garden has flower beds that form a perfect square.… …

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  • 43square — 1 adjective 1 SHAPE having four straight equal sides and 90º angles at the corners: a square flower bed 2 ANGLE forming a 90º angle: a square corner | a square jaw | square shoulders 3 square metre/mile etc an area of measurement equal to a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 44square — [[t]skwe͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ squares, squaring, squared 1) N COUNT A square is a shape with four sides that are all the same length and four corners that are all right angles. Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares... There was a… …

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  • 45square — I n. 1) to draw, make a square 2) (misc.) on the square ( honest ); back to square one ( back to the beginning ) II v. (D; intr., tr.) to square with (their story doesn t square with the facts; to square one s account with smb.) * * * [skweə]… …

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  • 46square — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this shape. b a small square area on a game board. c a square scarf. d an academic cap with a stiff square top; a mortarboard. 3 a an open (usu. four …

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  • 47square — ▪ I. square square 1 [skweə ǁ skwer] adjective 1. square metre/​mile etc PROPERTY an area of measurement equal to a square with sides a metre long, a mile long etc: • The new site will provide 10 million square feet of office space. 2. 5 feet/​2… …

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  • 48square*/*/*/ — [skweə] noun [C] I 1) a shape with four straight sides of equal length and four RIGHT ANGLES The flower beds form a perfect square.[/ex] 2) an open area of land in the shape of a square with buildings around it The hotel is in the main… …

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  • 49square — /skwɛə / (say skwair) noun 1. a four sided plane having all its sides equal and all its angles right angles. 2. anything having this form or a form approximating it. 3. one of the rectangular or otherwise shaped divisions of a game board, as a… …

  • 50square —  1. adj. Conventional, traditional, staid, honest, decent. Old fashioned, reactionary.  2. [n.l Person having these qualities.  3. on the square Honest.  4. v. Bribe.  5. adv. Straightforwardly.  6. back to square one See below …

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