square

Definitions

• (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angle; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
• Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
• An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
• An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
• (mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
• (military) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
• (1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.
• (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
• (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
• (real estate) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
• (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
• (academia) A mortarboard
• (colloquial) A square meal.
• (archaic) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
• The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
• (astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
• (dated) The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
• (slang) cigarette.
• (brewing) A vat used for fermentation.