square
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
A flat shape with four straight sides of equal length that meet at four equal corners.
Cut the paper into four equal squares before you start folding.
A chess board has sixty-four small squares of two colours.
Draw a square around the answer you think is correct.
Common collocations: a perfect square · cut into squares · draw a square · four equal squares
Part of: Shapes and sizes, Numbers and quantity
Sense 2
- noun
- A2
A large open space in a town or city with streets and buildings around it, where people meet.
Crowds gathered in the main square to watch the fireworks.
We sat by the fountain in the square and ate ice cream.
The old square is closed to cars every Sunday morning.
Common collocations: the main square · the town square · the market square · in the square
Part of: Buildings and places, Directions
Sense 3 · less common
- adjective
- A2
Having the shape of a square, or having straight edges and sharp corners like one.
This table is square, so eight people can sit around it.
He carried a square box that barely fitted through the door.
Square windows let much more light into the narrow kitchen.
Common collocations: a square table · a square box · square corners · a square metre
Part of: Shapes and sizes
Forms
- plural
- squares