Associations to the word «Quadrangle»

Wiktionary

QUADRANGLE, noun. (geometry) A geometric shape with four angles and four straight sides; a four-sided polygon.
QUADRANGLE, noun. A courtyard which is quadrangular.
QUADRANGLE, noun. The buildings forming the border of such a courtyard.

Dictionary definition

QUADRANGLE, noun. A four-sided polygon.
QUADRANGLE, noun. A rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats