noun🔗ShareCour, jardinA 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. "Les enfants jouaient dans les cours derrière leurs maisons.propertyareabuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareJardin, courThe 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." "Les enfants jouaient à chat dans les jardins des maisons de notre rue.propertyareaplaceenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCour, chantierAn 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. "La compagnie ferroviaire entrepose les wagons de chemin de fer cassés dans les chantiers en dehors de la ville.areapropertyagricultureplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareParc d'hivernage, lieu de rassemblementA 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. "En hiver, les cerfs cherchent refuge et nourriture dans les parcs d'hivernage denses de la forêt.animalplaceenvironmentgeographynaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMaison, foyerOne’s house or home."After a long day at work, there's nothing better than being back in my yards. "Après une longue journée de travail, il n'y a rien de mieux que d'être de retour chez moi.propertyareaplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEnfermer dans une courTo confine to a yard."The school yards the unruly students to prevent them from running into the street. "L'école enferme les élèves indisciplinés dans la cour pour les empêcher de courir dans la rue.propertyareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareYard, piedA 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. "L'équipe de football doit faire avancer le ballon de cinq yards pour marquer un touchdown.unitmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUnités, mesuresUnits of similar composition or length in other systems."A meter is similar to a little over one of our yards in length. "Un mètre équivaut à un peu plus d'un de nos yards en longueur.unitsystemmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVerguesAny spar carried aloft."The old sailing ship had several yards attached to its masts, from which the sails would hang. "Le vieux voilier avait plusieurs vergues attachées à ses mâts, auxquelles les voiles étaient suspendues.nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBranche, rameauA branch, twig, or shoot."After the storm, the ground was covered in yards broken off the old oak tree. "Après la tempête, le sol était couvert de branches cassées du vieux chêne.plantpartnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBâton, verge, baguetteA staff, rod, or stick."The teacher used yards to measure the cloth for the school play's costumes. "Le professeur a utilisé des baguettes pour mesurer le tissu des costumes de la pièce de l'école.thingitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCent dollars100 dollars."The used car cost him three yards, but it runs great now. "La voiture d'occasion lui a coûté trois cents dollars, mais elle fonctionne très bien maintenant.economyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAcre, terrainThe 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. "Le fermier médiéval possédait deux acres de terrain, assez pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille.areaunitpropertyagriculturehistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVerge, yardThe 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. "L'arpenteur a utilisé la mesure en yards pour définir la limite de la propriété avant de construire la clôture.unitareapropertymathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTerrain, parcelleThe 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. "Le fermier a divisé son terrain en sections plus petites, chacune d'environ 160 parcelles, pour faciliter l'irrigation.areapropertyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMilliard109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard."I need to hedge a yard of yen."Je dois couvrir un milliard de yens.numberunitamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVergues, gréementThe totality of the sailing rig."Her yards were bare and cockabill."Ses vergues étaient nues et en pantenne.nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
