Quarter-hour

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    quarter of an hour; period of time equal to 15 minutes; a quarter.

    "These bells chime on the quarter-hour."

  2. 2
    a quarter of an hour wordnet

Synonyms

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15 minutesquarterquarter of an hour

Example

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"These bells chime on the quarter-hour."

Etymology

From quarter + hour.

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