[kwɔːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints, equivalent in Britain to approximately 1.13 litres and in the US to approximately 0.94 litre
(e.g: two quarts of milk)

- the fourth of eight parrying positions.

- (in piquet) a sequence of four cards of the same suit.


Phrases:
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French quarte, from Latin quarta (pars) ‘fourth (part)’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’