noun🔗ShareA small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building."The children played in the yards behind their houses. "propertyareabuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.""The children were playing tag in the yards of the houses on our street." "propertyareaplaceenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc."The train company stores broken rail cars in the railway yards outside the city. "areapropertyagricultureplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc."In winter, the deer seek shelter and food in the dense forest yards. "animalplaceenvironmentgeographynaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareOne’s house or home."After a long day at work, there's nothing better than being back in my yards. "propertyareaplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo confine to a yard."The school yards the unruly students to prevent them from running into the street. "propertyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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)."The football team needs to advance the ball five more yards to score a touchdown. "unitmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUnits of similar composition or length in other systems."A meter is similar to a little over one of our yards in length. "unitsystemmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny spar carried aloft."The old sailing ship had several yards attached to its masts, from which the sails would hang. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA branch, twig, or shoot."After the storm, the ground was covered in yards broken off the old oak tree. "plantpartnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA staff, rod, or stick."The teacher used yards to measure the cloth for the school play's costumes. "thingitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share100 dollars."The used car cost him three yards, but it runs great now. "economyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres."The medieval farmer owned two yards of land, enough to support his family. "areaunitpropertyagriculturehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet."The surveyor used the measurement of yards to define the property line before building the fence. "unitareapropertymathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre."The farmer divided his field into smaller sections, each about 160 yards, to make irrigation easier. "areapropertyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard."I need to hedge a yard of yen."numberunitamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe totality of the sailing rig."Her yards were bare and cockabill."nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading