| quantity |
A quantity is an amount or number of something. The quantity of water in a glass is how much water there is in it. If you have six books about snakes, six is the quantity of these books that you have. |
| quart |
A quart is a certain amount of liquid or of things like ice cream, yogurt, or fruit. In America, containers of milk in a store often hold a quart. The largest container of milk usually holds a gallon, and it takes four quarts to make up a gallon. A short way of writing quart or quarts is qt. |
| quarter |
If you cut a big cookie into four parts that are all the same size, each one of the four pieces is a quarter of the cookie. Four quarters equals one whole. [2 definitions] |
| Quebec |
Quebec is one of the ten provinces in Canada. A province is an area of land that is one part of a country. Each province has its own capital. |
| queen |
A queen is a female ruler of a country and sometimes wears a crown. When a girl or woman becomes a queen, she stays the queen for the rest of her life. A queen is not chosen to be queen by the people of her country. A person can only become queen by being the daughter or other relative of a person who was a ruler before her. A woman who is married to a king is also called a queen, though. |
| question |
A question is something like "What is this?" or "Where are you going?" A question is something you say to find out something from another person. |
| question mark |
A question mark (?) is something you use when you write to show that you or somebody else is asking a question. In English, we put a question mark at the end of a sentence that's a question. |
| quick |
When something is quick, you don't have to wait long for it to happen. [3 definitions] |
| quickly |
When you do something quickly, you do it in a short time. |
| quiet |
When something is quiet, it doesn't make much sound or noise. [2 definitions] |
| quilt |
A quilt is a soft covering for a bed. A quilt is often pretty and keeps you warm. A quilt is usually made of two layers of material with soft fibers between the layers. |
| quit |
If someone quits a job, they leave it. [2 definitions] |
| quite |
Quite means completely or totally. If you are quite ready to leave, you are completely ready. If you are not quite done with your food, you are almost finished but not completely. [2 definitions] |
| quiz |
A quiz is a short test. [2 definitions] |
| rabbit |
A rabbit is a small animal with soft fur, long ears, long back legs, and a short tail. |
| raccoon |
A raccoon is an animal with brown and gray fur, and it has black rings around its tail. Raccoons have a pointed face with black marks that look like a mask around its eyes. A raccoon is a small animal, but it's usually bigger than a large cat. |
| race1 |
A race is a kind of competition, or contest. To win the competition, you have to be the fastest. People often run or drive cars in a race, but there are other kinds of races too. [2 definitions] |
| rack1 |
A rack is something people use to hold up things. Racks can be of many different shapes and sizes. In stores, we often see clothes on racks. You might have a rack in your kitchen to hold spices,or a rack near your front door to hold hats and umbrellas. |
| racket2 |
A racket is something used to hit the ball in tennis and some other sports. A racket has a long handle. On the other end of the racket is a round or oval frame that has tight strings across it. When you play tennis, you want the ball to hit against those tight strings. |
| radio |
A radio is something that receives signals through the air and changes them into sound. People use a radio to listen to music, the news, and other programs. |
| raft1 |
A raft is a flat object made of material that can float, such as wood. Rafts can be used to carry people or things. |