quarter-hour
[
kwawr
-ter-
ou
uh
r
, -
ou
-er]
/ˈkwɔr tərˈaʊər, -ˈaʊ ər/
noun
1.
a period of 15 minutes.
2.
a point 15 minutes after or before the hour.
Origin
1880-85
British Dictionary definitions for
quarter-hour
quarter-hour
noun
1.
a period of 15 minutes
2.
any of the points on the face of a timepiece that mark 15 minutes before or after the hour, and sometimes 30 minutes after
Derived Forms
quarter-hourly,
adverb,
adjective