quart

Universal Words noun (abbreviation qt) a unit for measuring liquids, equal to 2 PINTS or about 1.14 litres in the UK and 0.94 of a litre in the US IDIOMS put a quart into a pint pot (BrE) to put sth into a space that is too small for it: Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.