'Quadrangle' definitions:
Definition of 'quadrangle'
From: WordNet
noun
A four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon]
noun
A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings [syn: quad, quadrangle]
Definition of 'Quadrangle'
From: GCIDE
- Quadrangle \Quad"ran`gle\, n. [F., fr. L. quadrangulum; quattuor four + angulus an angle. See Four, and Angle a corner.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Geom.) A plane figure having four angles, and consequently four sides; any figure having four angles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quadrangle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arena,
- biquadrate,
- block,
- cincture,
- clos,
- close,
- confine,
- container,
- coop,
- court,
- courtyard,
- croft,
- curtilage,
- delimited field,
- enclave,
- enclosure,
- field,
- fold,
- forty,
- four,
- four-part diaphony,
- foursome,
- ground,
- kraal,
- list,
- Little Joe,
- lot,
- pale,
- paling,
- parcel of land,
- park,
- patch,
- pen,
- plat,
- plot,
- plot of ground,
- quad,
- quadrature,
- quadrennium,
- quadrilateral,
- quadrille,
- quadrinomial,
- quadruplet,
- quartet,
- quatern,
- quaternary,
- quaternion,
- quaternity,
- quatrefoil,
- real estate,
- rectangle,
- section,
- square,
- square dance,
- squaring,
- tetrad,
- tetragon,
- tetragram,
- tetragrammaton,
- tetrahedron,
- tetralogy,
- tetraphony,
- tetrapody,
- theater,
- toft,
- tract,
- yard