- (Abbr. qt. or q.)
- A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in liquid measure, equal to 1/4 gallon or 32 ounces (0.946 liter).
- A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure, equal to 1/8 peck or 2 pints (1.101 liters).
- A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in liquid and dry measure, equal to 1.201 U.S. liquid quarts or 1.032 U.S. dry quarts (1.136 liters).
- A container having a capacity of one quart.
- The contents of such a container.
[Middle English, from Old French quarte, from Latin quārta, feminine of quārtus, fourth.]






