foursquare

UK /ˈfɔːskwɛː/ US /ˈfɔːskwɛː/
adj 4noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Having four equal sides; square.

From the foursquare royal tower on the city's eastern edge to the Dominican monastery of the Blackfriars in the west, its skyline was a forest of spires and belltowers.

Out there in the dark the city looked foursquare and massive.

2

Solid, robust.

Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire […].

It is surprising to find white wine of apparently low acidity keeping well at all. Yet at ten years (a good age for it today) it has a haunting combination of foursquare breadth and depth with some delicate, intriguing, lemony zest.

3

Pertaining to a four-square cipher.

4

Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

noun

1

Alternative form of four square.

2

A four-square cipher.

3

A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.

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