See|Yard
wikipedia|yard (disambiguation)
English

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/j��d/, SAMPA|/jA:d
(US): AHD|yärd, IPA|/j��rd/, SAMPA|/jA:rd
audio|en-us-yard.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology 1
OE. geard|ġeard, from Germanic *garda-, from Indo-European *gher- �enclosure�. Cognate with Dutch gaard, German Garten, Swedish gård. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin hortus, �garden�, Russian го�од, �town�. Compare garden.

Noun
en-noun

1. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
2. An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
3. (Jamaican) One�s house or home.

Translations
trans-top|land around a house
Arabic: ARchar|حد��ة (hadíeqa) f
Chinese: �� (yuànzi)
Dutch: t+|nl|erf
Finnish: t-|fi|piha
French: t+|fr|cour|f
German: t+|de|Hof|m
Italian: t+|it|cortile|m
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Japanese: 庭 (��, niwa)
Korean: � (tteur, tteul), �� (madang)
Portuguese: t-|pt|quintal|m, t+|pt|cercado|m, t+|pt|pátio|m
Russian: t-|ru|дво�|m|trdvor|scCyrl
Romanian: t-|ro|yard|m
Spanish: t-|es|patio|m
Swedish: t-|sv|gård, t+|sv|trädgård, t+|sv|tomt
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trans-top|enclosed area for a specific purpose
Danish: t-|da|gård
Finnish: kenttä, aitaus, -tarha
Korean: �� (urAn)
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trans-top|Jamaican: one's house or home
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Derived terms
See also Yard
top4
apple-yard
back yard, back-yard, backyard
barn-yard, barnyard
bone-yard, boneyard
brickyard
castle yard
chapel yard
churchyard
court-yard, courtyard
deer-yard, deeryard
dockyard
door-yard, dooryard
dung-yard
farm-yard, farmyard
fore-yard
front yard
graveyard
green-yard, greenyard
grip-yard
mid4
hemp-yard
hop-yard
inn-yard, innyard
junk-yard, junkyard
kailyard, kaleyard
kirkyard
knacker's yard
liberty of the yard
lumber-yard, lumberyard
marshaling yard, marshalling yard
mast-yard
navy yard, navy-yard
olive-yard
ox-yard, oxyard
palace yard
par-yard
poultry-yard
press-yard
rick-yard
mid4
rope-yard
sale-yard, saleyard
schoolyard
scrapyard
shipyard
show-yard
stable-yard
stack-yard, stackyard
steelyard
stockyard
straw yard
switchyard
tan-yard, tanyard
tenter-yard
tilt-yard, tiltyard
timber-yard, timberyard
vinegar-yard
vineyard
wood-yard, woodyard
mid4
yardage
yard bird, yardbird
yard-boy
yard broom
yard-dike
yard-dog
yardful
yard grass, yard-grass
yardhove

yarding
yardman
yardmaster
yard-money
yardperson
yard sale
yardsman
yardswoman
yard work, yard-work

Etymology 2
OE. gerd|ġerd, from West Germanic. Cognate with Dutch gard �twig�, German Gerte.

Noun
en-noun
wikipedia

1. nautical A long tapered timber hung by its centre to a mast to which is bent a topsail or squaresail.
2. nautical Any spar carried aloft.
3. A staff, rod or stick.
4. A unit of length equal to three feet (exactly 0.9144 metres in the US and UK).
5. context|US|slang One-hundred dollars.

Derived terms
top4
by the yard
clay yard
cloth yard, cloth-yard
cubic yard
fore-yard, foreyard
golden yard
jackyard
main yard, main-yard
mast-yard
meteyard
mid4
mizen-yard, mizen yard, mizzen-yard, mizzen yard
royal yardman
sailyard
six-yard box
square yard
steelyard
under the yard
upper yardman
yardage
yard-arm, yardarm
mid4
yard-coal
yarded
yardel
yard-fell
yard goods
yardland
yard-long
yard-measure
yard of ale
yard of clay
mid4
yard of land
yard of lime
yard of mortar
yard of satin
yard of stone
yard of tin
yard-rope
yard-seam
yard-stick, yardstick
yard-wand, yardwand
whole nine yards

Translations
trans-top|nautical: tapered timber from which square sails hang
Finnish: t+|fi|raaka
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trans-top|nautical: any spar carried aloft
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trans-top|staff, rod, stick
French: t+|fr|verge|f
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trans-top|three feet
Finnish: t-|fi|jaardi
French: yard#French|yard m, verge#French|verge f (Canadian)
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Italian: t-|it|iarda|f, t+|it|yard|f
Spanish: t-|es|yarda|f
Telugu: t|te|���|sc=Telu
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French

Noun
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1. yard#English|yard (unit of length)

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Italian

Noun
yard f (plural yard)

1. yard#English|yard (unit of length)

Synonyms
iarda

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