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How to pronounce yard in English?

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Synonyms cubic yard
Type of cubic measure, capacity measure, displacement unit, capacity unit, volume unit, cubic content unit, cubature unit, cubage unit
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Synonyms pace
Type of linear unit, linear measure
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Synonyms 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand
Type of large integer
Has types millenary
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Synonyms railway yard, railyard
Type of piece of ground, parcel, tract, piece of land, parcel of land
Has types marshalling yard
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Synonyms curtilage, grounds
Type of field
Has types dooryard, front yard, side yard, garden, playground, backyard


it was a small house with almost no yard.
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Type of spar
Has types main yard
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Type of enclosure
Has types hen yard, barnyard, stockyard, chicken run, chicken yard, farmyard, fowl run
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Type of parcel of land, parcel, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
Has types schoolyard, god's acre, churchyard, junkyard, tiltyard


they opened a repair yard on the edge of town.
Type Words
Type of piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground

Examples of yard

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The trees will be collected during the regular trash or yard waste pick-up days.
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Residents may also recycle yard waste at the curb or at the city's Earth Centre.
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For North, Nathan Elmy scored on a 28-yard run and on an 81-yard kickoff return.
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He connected with Ruvell Martin on a 61-yard pass play to the Rams'13-yard line.
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Jordan Tonani capped the possession with a 2-yard touchdown run for a 21-0 lead.
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Bushes, yard signs, lawn furniture, small trees and even some cars are entombed.
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Use tall shrubs to accent and frame interesting features of your house and yard.
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It rolled right into the 167-yard par-3 hole for his first official hole in one.
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A 52-yard pass from Lathrop to Jason Bunge put the Warriors on the Cardinals'18.
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  • A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
  • The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
  • Thousand: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
  • Cubic yard: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
  • A tract of land where logs are accumulated
  • A yard (abbreviation: yd) is a unit of length in several different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, although its length in SI units varied slightly from system to system. ...
  • A yard glass is a very tall glass used for drinking a yard of ale. The yard of ale usually contains around , depending upon the diameter. The glass is approximately 1 yard long, shaped with a bulb at the bottom, and a widening shaft which constitutes most of the height.
  • A yard is an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building. The word comes from the same linguistic root as the word garden and has many of the same meanings.