noun Download 🔗Share A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. Examples : "The children played in the yards behind their houses. " property area building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn. Examples : ""The children were playing tag in the yards of the houses on our street." " property area place environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc. Examples : "The train company stores broken rail cars in the railway yards outside the city. " area property agriculture place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc. Examples : "In winter, the deer seek shelter and food in the dense forest yards. " animal place environment geography nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One’s house or home. Examples : "After a long day at work, there's nothing better than being back in my yards. " property area place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To confine to a yard. Examples : "The school yards the unruly students to prevent them from running into the street. " property area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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). Examples : "The football team needs to advance the ball five more yards to score a touchdown. " unit math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Units of similar composition or length in other systems. Examples : "A meter is similar to a little over one of our yards in length. " unit system math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any spar carried aloft. Examples : "The old sailing ship had several yards attached to its masts, from which the sails would hang. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A branch, twig, or shoot. Examples : "After the storm, the ground was covered in yards broken off the old oak tree. " plant part nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A staff, rod, or stick. Examples : "The teacher used yards to measure the cloth for the school play's costumes. " thing item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 100 dollars. Examples : "The used car cost him three yards, but it runs great now. " economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres. Examples : "The medieval farmer owned two yards of land, enough to support his family. " area unit property agriculture history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet. Examples : "The surveyor used the measurement of yards to define the property line before building the fence. " unit area property math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre. Examples : "The farmer divided his field into smaller sections, each about 160 yards, to make irrigation easier. " area property agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard. Examples : "I need to hedge a yard of yen." number unit amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The totality of the sailing rig. Examples : "Her yards were bare and cockabill." nautical sailing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading