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quadranglequad‧ran‧gle /ˈkwɒdrænɡəl $ ˈkwɑː-/ noun [countable]  - And there, in its first and oldest quadrangle, Harry found what he sought.
- From its stone quadrangle, fields ripple out in neat sections, organic as the ribs of a leaf.
- It was set around a complete quadrangle, and built of rusticated stone.
- The corridor was lined with windows overlooking a central quadrangle.
- The five buildings of the campus formed a quadrangle arranged around a grassy plaza, with a great flagpole in the center.
- The old piles are ranged around a grassy quadrangle.
- Their briefings were held in the airy first-floor gallery of the university quadrangle.
- These buildings were of a later date than the Manor house, being built of brick surrounding a large quadrangle.
► Architecturearcade, nounarch, nounarchitect, nounarchitecture, nounatrium, nounbailey, nounbastion, nouncampanile, nouncapital, nouncaryatid, nouncloistered, adjectivecolonial, adjectiveconservationist, nounCorinthian, adjectivecornice, noundolmen, noundome, noundomed, adjectiveDoric, adjectivefloor plan, nounflying buttress, nounfolly, nounGeorgian, adjectiveGothic, adjectiveground plan, nounIonic, adjectivemodernism, nounmonolith, nounmonument, nounmonumental, adjectiveNorman, adjectiveobelisk, nounopen-plan, adjectivepedestal, nounpediment, nounperistyle, nounpitched, adjectiveplinth, nounplot, nounportico, nounquadrangle, nounrambling, adjectiverampart, nounrococo, adjectiveRomanesque, adjectivescreen, nounspan, nounsplit-level, adjectivesquare, nounstonework, nounterrace, nountracery, nountransept, nountruss, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounvestibule, noun 1 formal a square open area with buildings all around it, especially at a school or college SYN quad2technical a flat shape that has four straight sides |