(one pair of single quotation marks, written as (' ') and used esp. for a quotation within another quotation): He said, "I told you to say 'Open, sesame' when you want to enter the mountain."
SINGLE QUOTES
Meaning of SINGLE QUOTES in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012