Noun: quarterfinal ,k(w)or-tu(r)'fI-nul
- One of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals
"She advanced to the quarterfinal of the tennis tournament"
- Somebody or something that appears in a quarter-final of a competition
"The underdog team surprised everyone by becoming quarter-finalists"
Derived forms: quarter-finalists
Type of: match
Part of: elimination tournament
Encyclopedia: Quarterfinal
Quarter-finalist