foursquare
UK/ˈfɔːskwɛː/
foursquare adjective: having four equal sides; square. Also the alternative form of four square.
Adjective
foursquare (comparative more foursquare, superlative most foursquare)
- Having four equal sides; square.
- From the foursquare royal tower on the city's eastern edge to the Dominican monastery of the Blackfriars in the west, its skyline was a forest of spires and belltowers.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 41
- Out there in the dark the city looked foursquare and massive.2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, chapter 7, in The Ministry for the Future, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN
- Solid, robust.
- Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire […].1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars
- It is surprising to find white wine of apparently low acidity keeping well at all. Yet at ten years (a good age for it today) it has a haunting combination of foursquare breadth and depth with some delicate, intriguing, lemony zest.1983, Hugh Johnson, Hugh Johnson's modern encyclopedia of wine
- Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
- Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
Noun
foursquare (countable and uncountable, plural foursquares)
- A four-square cipher.
- A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
Also used as
foursquare is also the alternative form of four square.
foursquare meaning in Telugu
foursquare in Telugu
- Having four equal sides
- నలుచదరము nalucadaramu
Forms of foursquare
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more foursquare |
| superlative | most foursquare |
| Noun | |
| plural | foursquares |
Origin of foursquare
From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square.
Questions about foursquare
- What does foursquare mean?
- Foursquare means having four equal sides; square.
- What is foursquare in Telugu?
- Foursquare in Telugu is నలుచదరము (nalucadaramu). See Foursquare meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is foursquare?
- Foursquare can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce foursquare?
- Foursquare is pronounced /ˈfɔːskwɛː/ (UK).
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