- nounyards (plural noun)
- a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 meter):"a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth"
- informal(yards of)a great length of something:"yards and yards of fine lace"
- a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials.
- a cloth measure, of three feet in length and varying widths.
- a cylindrical spar, tapering to each end, slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from.
- US ENGLISHinformal100 dollars; a 100 dollar bill:"it cost two hundred up front—one yard for Maurice, one for the girl"
OriginOld English gerd (in yard), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gard ‘twig, rod’ and German Gerte.nounyards (plural noun)- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa piece of ground adjoining a building or house.
- an area of ground surrounded by walls or buildings.
- an area of land used for a particular purpose or business:"a storage yard"
- an area where deer or moose gather as a herd for the winter.
verbyards (third person present)- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHstore or transport (timber) in or to a log yard:"he is the last logger to be using a sled for yarding logs" · "Canadian operators never practiced yarding on a wider scale"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH(of deer or moose) gather as a herd for the winter:"they note changes in the numbers of moose yarding together"
OriginOld English geard ‘building, home, region’, from a Germanic base related to Russian gorod ‘town’. Compare with garden and orchard.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a piece of ground adjoining a building or house.
- an area of land used for a particular purpose or business:
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- Unit of lengthA yard is a unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement12. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter123. The symbol for yard is yd23. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile2. There is also a US survey yard, which is slightly longer than the international yard2.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Yard definition, a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.www.dictionary.com/browse/yardThe yard (symbol: yd) is an English unit of length in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement equalling 3 feet or 36 inches. Since 1959 it has been by international agreement standardized as exactly 0.9144 meter. A distance of 1,760 yards is equal to 1 mile. The US survey yard is very slightly longer.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardyard noun [ C ] us / jɑːrd / uk / jɑːd / yard noun [C] (UNIT OF MEASUREMENT) Add to word list B1 (written abbreviation yd.) a unit of measurement equal to three feet or approximately 91.4 centimetersdictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/yard
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Web4 days ago · noun. 1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre. Abbreviation: yd. 2. a cylindrical wooden or hollow metal spar, tapered at the ends, slung from a mast of a square-rigged or …
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