Thesaurus results for QUADRATE

quadrate

adjective

ˈkwä-ˌdrāt

Definition of quadrate

as in square

having four equal sides and four right angles the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped

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Recent Examples of quadrate The eyewear features a quadrate shield-lens, which is one piece that covers both eyes. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrate

Adjective

Rooms Like the resort as a whole, all the 124 accommodations—81 suites and 43 villas—are graciously grand, with the smallest suites stretching over nearly 1,000 square feet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Visa recently leased 300,000 square feet of office space, Barclays just bought its headquarters for £750 million, and Citi is investing more than $1 billion in its European HQ.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of square

Adjective

The two trophies, for the men’s and women’s crews, each sit within a rectangular frame that reflects Chanel’s signature colors.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
There’s the Gotham with rectangular lenses, the Nomad with larger rectangular lenses, and the Archive with round lenses.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of rectangular

Adjective

Work then began on IceCube – a cubic kilometre of ice equipped with light sensors, which reached its full size in 2011, with 5,160 light sensors divided between 86 cables.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
These techniques, combined with artificial intelligence algorithms, are what allow scientists to see the complexity within a cubic millimeter of brain tissue.

— Kimberlee D'Ardenne, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026