Definition for: yard

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English

Pronunciation

• ( UK ): IPA: /jɑːd/ , SAMPA: /jA:d
• ( US ): AHD: yärd , IPA: /jɑːrd/ , SAMPA: /jA:rd

Etymology

Old English ġeard , from Germanic *garda- , from Indo-European *gher- ‘enclosure’. Cognate with Dutch gaard , German Garten , Swedish gård . The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin hortus , ‘garden’, Russian город , ‘town’. Compare garden .

Noun

yard ( plural yards )

1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
2. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
3. ( Jamaican ) One’s house or home.

Translations

land around a house

enclosed area for a specific purpose

Jamaican: one's house or home

Derived terms

See also Yard

Etymology

Old English ġerd , from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch gard ‘twig’, German Gerte .

Noun

yard ( plural yards )

1. ( nautical ) A long tapered timber hung by its centre to a mast to which is bent a topsail or squaresail.
2. ( nautical ) Any spar carried aloft.
3. A staff, rod or stick.
4. A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK).
5. ( US slang ) One-hundred dollars.

Derived terms

Translations

nautical: tapered timber

nautical: any spar carried aloft

staff, rod, stick

three feet

US slang: one-hundred dollars

French

Noun

yard m . ( plural yards )

1. yard ( unit of length )

Italian

Noun

yard f . ( plural yard )

1. yard ( unit of length )

Synonyms

• iarda

Other Translations for "yard"

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Sign Language Spelling
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Binary		1111001 1100001 1110010 1100100
Hex		79617264
Pig Latin		ardyay

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