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yard

noun verb

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

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Word length
4
Starts with
Y
Ends with
D
Contains
AR
Scrabble score
8

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Pronunciation

/jɑːd/ /jɑɹd/

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noun

  1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

  2. The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

  3. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

  4. A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

  5. One’s house or home.

verb

  1. To confine to a yard.

noun

  1. A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).

  2. Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

  3. Any spar carried aloft.

  4. A branch, twig, or shoot.

  5. A staff, rod, or stick.

  6. A penis.

  7. 100 dollars.

  8. The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.

  9. The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet.

  10. The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre.

noun

  1. 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

    “I need to hedge a yard of yen.”

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Example Sentences

I need to hedge a yard of yen.

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