square

adjective (SHAPE)

/skweər/

/skwer/

Definition

A2 having the shape of a square: The recipe recommends that you use a square cake tin. He's got that square-jawed masculinity that a lot of women seem to find attractive.Geometrical shapesSpherical, circular and annular objects › (written abbreviation sq., specialized 2) used with units of measurement of length to express the total size of an area: The floor is 3 m wide by 5 m long, so its total area is 15 sq m. The city itself covers 13 square miles.specialized Ensure that the exposed area is less than 2 cm2.Measurements of length and distanceArea, mass, weight and volume in general › Square is used immediately after measurements of length when expressing the length of the four sides of a square-shaped area: So you want carpet for a room that's eight metres square (= eight metres long and eight metres wide).Measurements of length and distanceArea, mass, weight and volume in general

(Definition of square adjective (SHAPE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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