square

square
1. noun /skwɛə(r)/
a) Any simple object with four nearly straight and nearly equal sides meeting at nearly right angles.

There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications. - [ The Carpenters Square]

b) An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

Youre not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isnt about a cow wandering into the town square.

2. adjective /skwɛə(r)/
a) Shaped like a square (the polygon).

square metre

b) At right angles to.

square mile

3. verb /skwɛə(r)/
a) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.

The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.

b) To resolve.

John can square this question up for us.

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