foursquare
/ˈfɔːskwɛː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.70 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
adj
Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
noun
A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
American usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Another initially foursquare wine that develops lovely fruit in the glass, with a toasty-biscuity finish beginning to build."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfɔːskwɛː/
Usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- American usage