cubic yard
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- noun
- /ˈkjuːbɪk jɑrd/
- US
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yarda cúbica
- To fill the garden with soil, I ordered three cubic yards from the local supplier.
- cubic yards of compost
- cubic yards of material
- 10,000 cubic yards
You just plug in how many inches or feet your beds are and how deep they are, and it just figures out how many cubic yards of soil you need.
- You just plug in how many inches or feet your beds are and how deep they are, and it just figures out how many cubic yards of soil you need.
Examples
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"We expect to get about 45,000 cubic yards per year of leaves," says Meyer.
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Three were about $20 per cubic yard, and two were between $30 and $40 per cubic yard.
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"We do demonstrations, applying about four cubic yards over a small area," he says.
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The tipping fee is $8 per cubic yard or between $20 and $30 per ton.
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Retail customers are purchasing products for between $4.00 and $35.00 per cubic yard, picked up.
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The RFP required the movement and disposal of over 215,000 cubic yards of materials.
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The first compost pile produced approximately 130 cubic yards of finished material.
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Kelly estimates that about 20,000 to 25,000 cubic yards are produced annually.
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Even at a premium price of $35 to $50 per cubic yard, the facility was usually backordered for compost.
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Since 1991, the company has successfully composted over 400,000 cubic yards of organic materials originally destined for the landfill.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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5.1
A unit for measuring loose materials like sand or gravel, equal to about three-quarters of a cubic meter
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Morphology
The noun phrase combines 'cubic' (three-dimensional, relating to a cube) with 'yard' (a unit of length) to denote the volume of a cube one yard on a side. This compositional, adjective+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. 'mètre cube', 'metro cúbico') and is directly derivable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The term cubic yard comes from the image of a cube that is one yard long on each side. The word cubic shows the cube shape, and the space inside that cube is a simple 'measure of volume', so people use a cubic yard to measure how much soil, sand, or gravel they need.