Definition
Quart
A US liquid quart is a capacity unit equal to 2 pints or 4 cups.
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What it means
A quart tells how much liquid a container can hold. Four equal cupfuls make one US liquid quart, and four quarts fill one US liquid gallon.
Remember it
Picture four cups pouring into one container: together they make 1 US liquid quart.
Example
A soup recipe needs 3 US liquid quarts of stock. Since each quart is 4 cups, the recipe needs 3 × 4 = 12 cups.
Watch for
This card owns the US liquid quart. A US dry quart and an Imperial quart are different sizes.
Common mix-up
The word quart does not name one universal amount; check which measurement system and liquid-or-dry sense the task uses.
Exact meaning
One US liquid quart (qt) is a customary unit of liquid capacity equal to 2 US liquid pints, 4 US customary cups, or one quarter of a US liquid gallon.