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four square

four square noun: a sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.

Noun

four square (uncountable)

  1. A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.
  2. A method used to teach children to write about a topic, based on a diagram with four squares, each containing a type of sentence about the topic.

Questions about four square

What does four square mean?
Four square means a sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.
What part of speech is four square?
Four square is a noun.

Words near four square in the dictionary

  1. Four Seasons
  2. four sheets in the wind
  3. four sheets to the wind
  4. Four Shire Stone
  5. Four Species
  6. four square
  7. four thieves' vinegar
  8. four thousand
  9. four treasures of the study
  10. four twenty
  11. four winds hat

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