QUARTER SECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quarter section mean? 

• QUARTER SECTION (noun)
  The noun QUARTER SECTION has 1 sense:

1. a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

  Familiarity information: QUARTER SECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUARTER SECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("quarter section" is a kind of...):

area unit; square measure (a system of units used to measure areas)