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quar

quar noun: a quarry.

Noun (1)

quar (plural quars)

  1. (obsolete) A quarry.
    • A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio)...

Noun (2)

quar (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Quarantine.

Verb

quar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

  1. (transitive) To choke or block (typically a river).

Forms of quar

Noun
pluralquars
Verb
third-person singular presentquars
present participlequarring
past participlequarred
pastquarred

Questions about quar

What does quar mean?
Quar means a quarry.
What part of speech is quar?
Quar can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of quar?
The plural of quar is quars.

Words near quar in the dictionary

  1. quaq
  2. Quaqtaq
  3. quaquaversal
  4. quaquaversality
  5. quaquaversally
  6. quar
  7. quarandine
  8. quarandines
  9. Quaranta
  10. quarantain
  11. quarantains

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