sq ft

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   a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square

   Synonymssquare foot

   Broaderarea unit

Questions about sq ft

What does sq ft mean?

sq ft means "a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square".

What is another word for sq ft?

Close synonyms include square foot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sq ft a common word?

sq ft is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.