Usually means: Front half of an animal.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word forequarter:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. forequarter: Merriam-Webster
  2. forequarter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forequarter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. forequarter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. forequarter: Vocabulary.com
  6. forequarter: Wiktionary
  7. forequarter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. forequarter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. forequarter: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. forequarter: Dictionary.com
  11. forequarter: Rhymezone
  12. forequarter: FreeDictionary.org
  13. forequarter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. forequarter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forequarter: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forequarter)

▸ noun:  The foreleg, shoulder and surrounding area of the body of a quadruped.
▸ noun:  The front half of a side of meat.

Similar:
quadruped, haunch, forepaw, procoxa, palm, forecoxa, hand, footpad, tendon, quadruman, more...

Opposite:
hindquarter, rear quarter

Phrases:
forequarter amputation, more...

Adjectives:
entire, left, right, whole, other, heavy

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Similar:
quadruped, haunch, forepaw, procoxa, palm, forecoxa, hand, footpad, tendon, quadruman, more...

Opposite:
hindquarter, rear quarter

Phrases:
forequarter amputation, more...

Adjectives:
entire, left, right, whole, other, heavy



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