noun Download 🔗Share A palatal approximant, /j/. Examples : "In some accents, the word "news" begins with a yod sound before the "oo". " phonetics linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Examples : "In Hebrew class, we learned that the "yod" is a small letter, but it's also the tenth letter of the alphabet. " language writing word linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A tool used to read a torah. Examples : "During the Torah reading at the synagogue, the reader carefully followed the Hebrew text with a silver yod. " religion ritual utensil culture theology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. Examples : "The children loved playing in the little yod behind the school, digging for worms among the weeds. " property area building architecture place 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 yod, carefully avoiding their mother's flower garden. " property area environment place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc. Examples : "The farmer moved the sheep into a separate yod to keep them safe during lambing season. " area agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc. Examples : ""The deep snow forced the deer to gather in the yod down by the river, where they could find some shelter and graze." " animal place environment nature biology ecology agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One’s house or home. Examples : "After a long day at work, I just want to go back to my yod. " property architecture place building 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 carpenter needed two yods of wood to finish building the bookshelf. " unit technical science math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Units of similar composition or length in other systems. Examples : "In Hebrew school, we learned the Aleph-Bet, where each letter, like the "yod," is a unit of meaning, much like letters in the English alphabet. " unit system amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any spar carried aloft. Examples : "The small sailboat had a single yod to hold the sail, allowing it to catch the wind. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A branch, twig, or shoot. Examples : "The child snapped a small yod off the willow tree and used it as a pretend magic wand. " nature plant part biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A staff, rod, or stick. Examples : "The teacher used a sturdy yod to point to the example on the blackboard. " thing item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 100 dollars. Examples : "My dad gave me a yod for my birthday. " finance business economy value amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres. Examples : "The farmer owned a yod of land, which provided ample space for his cows and crops. " area unit agriculture history property 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 a yod to measure the length of the new school playground. " unit technical property area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre. Examples : "The farmer's yod was large enough to grow enough vegetables for his family. " 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 math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading