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Definitions from WordNet

Noun quire has 1 sense
  1. quire - a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
    --1 is a kind of
    definite quantity
    --1 is a part of ream

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Term: Quire

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: A unit of paper measurement, usually equal to 24 sheets.

Example sentence: She bought a quire of paper to complete her artwork.

Sense 2: A collection of 4 folded sheets of paper, forming 8 leaves (16 pages) in a bookbinding context.

Example sentence: The bookbinder arranged the quires neatly before sewing them together.

Sense 3: A group or set of something, especially in a religious context.

Example sentence: The choir sang beautifully during the evening service.

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To bind or arrange in quires.

Example sentence: The students quired the papers for the yearbook.

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