Meanings
- pluralplural of quarter.
- pluralplural onlyHousing, barracks, or other habitation or living space.
“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.[…]Steerage is like everything else maritime[…]vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad1 more example
"Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."
2022 September 19, HarryBlank, “Beyond Repair”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024 - broadlyThe place where someone or something lives.
1 more example
2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
- A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of quarter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounhousing available for people to live in
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch vertrekken
- vertrekkenhousing, barracks
German Wohnraum, Quartier
- Wohnraumhousing, barracks
- Quartierhousing, barracks
Irish ceathrú
- ceathrúhousing, barracks
Spanish acuartelamiento
- acuartelamientohousing, barracks
Turkish kışla
- kışlahousing, barracks
Cite this entry
quarters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarters
“quarters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarters. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quarters,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quarters.
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