Word: Yard
How to pronounce: jɑːd
Noun
Definitions:
1. A unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 meter)A great length of something.A square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials.A cloth measure, of three feet in length and varying widths.
Example sentences: "A full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth"
2. A cylindrical spar, tapering to each end, slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from.
Example sentences: "The Captain motioned with his eyes and his head to the main mast top yard."
3. 100 dollars; a 100 dollar bill.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A piece of ground adjoining a building or house.
Example sentences: "The house is surrounded by a wrought iron railing to the front and the rear yard extends 3.25 metres."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Store or transport (timber) in or to a log yard.
Example sentences: "He is the last logger to be using a sled for yarding logs"
2. (of deer or moose) gather as a herd for the winter.
Example sentences: "They note changes in the numbers of moose yarding together"
Synonyms:
court yard
court
courtyard
yard side
homestead
patio
park
premises
playground
grounds
ground
lot
yd
wharf
quad
quadrangle
m
Derivations:
yardage
yarding
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Yard in Other Languages...
Spanish: Patio
German: Hof
French: Cour
Italian: Cantiere
Turkish: Bahçe
