Main Entry:: ¹square
Pronunciation:: \ˈskwer\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from *exquadrare to square, from Latin ex- + quadrare to square — more at quadrate
Date:: 13th century

1: an instrument having at least one right angle and two straight edges used especially to lay out or test right angles2: a rectangle with all four sides equal3: any of the quadrilateral spaces marked out on a board for playing games4: the product of a number multiplied by itself5 a: an open place or area formed at the meeting of two or more streets b: block 6a6: a solid object or piece approximating a cube or having a square as its largest face7: an unopened cotton flower with its enclosing bracts8: a person who is conventional or conservative in taste or way of life9: a square meal <ate three squares a day>

— on the square

1: at right angles2: in a fair open manner : honestly

— out of square

: not at an exact right angle

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