yard
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1.0
- noun
- /jɑrd/
:
yarda
- The voice of the river, a hundred yards or so beyond him, was still.
- about a yard
- a few yards
- yards away
Shit, How many yards did the commander's quarterback have?
- Shit, How many yards did the commander's quarterback have?
- And it's going to be this dollar amount per yard.
- And the birds may be quite widely separated, hundreds of yards apart.
- And yeah, exactly yards and and and miles.
- He had like Arizona State receiving record and yards that year and touchdowns.
- How many inches in a yard you fashion you should a yard.
- So, you know, they had eight total yards rushing.
Examples
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They ran the race that spanned 100 yards across the field.
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Just a few yards down the road here, they continue to care for the injured.
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Thousands of yards of chain are brought over from Britain.
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Okay, access is 20 yards on your left.
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Yeah, 400 yards away, dead ahead.
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Do you measure it inch by inch, foot by foot, yard by yard, or step by step?
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The driveway's a few hundred yards up on the right.
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I did manage to set up two cameras within 250 yards of the shuttle launch.
Academic text (1994) -
The path goes up a rocky slope, then levels off a few yards below the waterfall.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the other direction, a few yards away, the Mediterranean laps gently against a clay embankment.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
41
5.2
A unit of length equal to three feet
Compounds
- US
58
3.4
A marked line on a football field showing how many yards the ball is from the nearest goal line
- US
4
2.6
A measure of space equal to a cube one yard on each side, used for soil or gravel
- UK
1
3.8
A place with many train tracks where train engines and cars are kept and fixed
- Archaic
1
9.9
A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship mast that holds the highest sail
A historic navy shipyard in Boston where the warship Constitution is anchored
- Specialized
A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the topgallant sail
- Specialized
A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the sail above the topsail
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yard as a measure comes from an old word for a 'rod' or 'measuring stick', the idea behind a yardstick, so it was the length of a stick people used to measure. That's why a yard is a fixed length (three feet).