| yard 1 (yärd) n. 1. Abbr. yd. A fundamental unit of length in both the U.S. Customary System and the British Imperial System, equal to 3 feet, or 36 inches (0.9144 meter). See Table at measurement. 2. Nautical A long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lugsail, or lateen. [Middle English yerde, stick, unit of measure, from Old English gerd.] |
| yard 2 (yärd) n. 1. A tract of ground next to, surrounding, or surrounded by a building or buildings. 2. A tract of ground, often enclosed, used for a specific business or activity. 3. An area where railroad trains are made up and cars are switched, stored, and serviced on tracks and sidings. 4. a. A winter pasture for deer or other grazing animals. b. An enclosed tract of ground in which animals, such as chickens or pigs, are kept. v. yarded, yard·ing, yards v.tr. To enclose, collect, or put into or as if into a yard. v.intr. To be gathered into or as if into a yard. [Middle English, from Old English geard; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
Yard [jɑːd]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
the Brit informal short for Scotland Yard
yard1
n
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre Abbreviation yd
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a cylindrical wooden or hollow metal spar, tapered at the ends, slung from a mast of a square-rigged or lateen-rigged vessel and used for suspending a sail
3. (Engineering / Tools) short for yardstick [2]
put in the hard yards Austral informal to make a great effort to achieve an end
[Old English gierd rod, twig; related to Old Frisian jerde, Old Saxon gerdia, Old High German gertia, Old Norse gaddr]
yard2
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings
2. (Business / Commerce)
a. an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc. a railway yard
b. (in combination) a brickyard a shipyard
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) a US and Canadian word for garden [1]
4. (Transport / Railways) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc.
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) US and Canadian the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Austral and NZ an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc.
7. (Business / Commerce) NZ short for saleyard, stockyard
vb (tr)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard
[Old English geard; related to Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart, Old Norse garthr yard, Gothic gards house, Old Slavonic gradu town, castle, Albanian garth hedge]
| yard (yärd) A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.91 meter). See Table at measurement. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | yard - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length chain - a unit of length lea - a unit of length of thread or yarn |
| 2. | yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" backyard - the grounds in back of a house dooryard - a yard outside the front or rear door of a house front yard - the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a house playground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play side yard - the grounds at either side of a house field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat" | |
| 3. | yard - a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town" junkyard - a field where junk is collected and stored for resale schoolyard - the yard associated with a school churchyard, God's acre - the yard associated with a church tiltyard - (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | |
| 4. |  yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) | |
| 5. |  yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity | |
| 6. | yard - a tract of land where logs are accumulated | |
| 7. |  yard - an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and enginesmarshalling yard - a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded | |
| 8. | yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen main yard - yard for a square mainsail sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts spar - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging yardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship | |
| 9. | yard - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) barnyard - a yard adjoining a barn enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose farmyard - an area adjacent to farm buildings stockyard - enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily |
yard
Translations
yard1 [jɑːd] N (= measure) → yarda f (91,44cm)
a few yards off → a unos metros
he pulled out yards of handkerchief → sacó un enorme pañuelo
with a face a yard long → con una cara muy larga
yard2 [jɑːd] N
a few yards off → a unos metros
he pulled out yards of handkerchief → sacó un enorme pañuelo
with a face a yard long → con una cara muy larga
yard2 [jɑːd] N
1. (= courtyard, farmyard) → patio m (US) (= garden) → jardín m; (for livestock) → corral m (Scol) → patio m (de recreo); (= worksite) → taller m; (for storage) → depósito m, almacén m; (for shipping, boats) → astillero m (Rail) → estación f
the Yard; Scotland Yard (Brit) oficina central de la policía de Londres
the Yard; Scotland Yard (Brit) oficina central de la policía de Londres
2. (Naut) (= spar) → verga f
yard [ˈjɑːrd] n
(US) (= garden) → jardin m
(= measure) → yard = 914 mm)m >
(for construction work) → chantier m
builder's yard → chantier m de construction
yard sale n (US) → vide-grenier m
builder's yard → chantier m de construction
yard sale n (US) → vide-grenier m
yard1
yard2
n
(Measure) → Yard nt (0.91 m); he can’t see a yard in front of him → er kann keinen Meter weit sehen; to buy cloth by the yard → ˜ Stoff meterweise or im Meter kaufen; he pulled out yards of handkerchief (inf) → er zog ein riesiges Taschentuch hervor (inf); to have a list a yard long of things to do (inf) → eine ellenlange Liste von Dingen haben, die man noch tun muss (inf); his guess was yards out (inf) → er lag mit seiner Schätzung völlig schief; he wrote poetry by the yard → er produzierte Gedichte am Fließband or am laufenden Meter; to go the whole nine yards (US inf) → es ganz gründlich machen
(Naut) → Rah f
yard2
n
(= worksite) → Werksgelände nt; (for storage) → Lagerplatz m; builder’s yard → Bauhof m; shipbuilding yard → Werft f; naval (dock)yard, navy yard (US) → Marinewerft f; railway yard (Brit) → Rangierbahnhof m, → Verschiebebahnhof m; goods yard, freight yard (US) → Güterbahnhof m
(Brit inf) the Yard, Scotland Yard → Scotland Yard m
(US: = garden) → Garten m
Yard [jɑːd] n (Brit) (fam) the Yard → Scotland Yard m inv
Yard [jɑːd] n (Brit) (fam) the Yard → Scotland Yard m inv
yard1 [jɑːd] n
yard1 [jɑːd] n
yard2 [jɑːd] n (courtyard, farmyard) → cortile m (Am) (garden) → giardino; (worksite) → cantiere m; (for storage) → deposito
builder's yard → deposito di materiale da costruzione
back yard (Brit) → cortile sul retro (Am) → giardino sul retro
yard2 [jɑːd] n (courtyard, farmyard) → cortile m (Am) (garden) → giardino; (worksite) → cantiere m; (for storage) → deposito
builder's yard → deposito di materiale da costruzione
back yard (Brit) → cortile sul retro (Am) → giardino sul retro
Yard [jɑːd] n (Brit) (fam) the Yard → Scotland Yard m inv
yard1 [jɑːd] n
a. (measure) → iarda (91,44 cm), yard f inv
to sell sth by the yard → vendere qc al metro
yards of (fig) → chilometri di
to sell sth by the yard → vendere qc al metro
yards of (fig) → chilometri di
b. (Naut) → pennone m
yard1 [jɑːd] n
a. (measure) → iarda (91,44 cm), yard f inv
to sell sth by the yard → vendere qc al metro
yards of (fig) → chilometri di
to sell sth by the yard → vendere qc al metro
yards of (fig) → chilometri di
b. (Naut) → pennone m
yard2 [jɑːd] n (courtyard, farmyard) → cortile m (Am) (garden) → giardino; (worksite) → cantiere m; (for storage) → deposito
builder's yard → deposito di materiale da costruzione
back yard (Brit) → cortile sul retro (Am) → giardino sul retro
yard2 [jɑːd] n (courtyard, farmyard) → cortile m (Am) (garden) → giardino; (worksite) → cantiere m; (for storage) → deposito
builder's yard → deposito di materiale da costruzione
back yard (Brit) → cortile sul retro (Am) → giardino sul retro
n yard [jaːd]
(often abbreviated toyd) an old unit of length equal to 0.9144 metres. jaart ياردَه ярд yard yard 9144 metres=das Yard γιάρδα yarda jard یارد jaardi verge יְחִידַת מֵרחָק הַשָׁווָה ל91.4 ס”מ गज jard, lakat yard yard yard iarda ヤード 야드(길이의 단위) jardas jards ela yard yard jard jarda. yard ярд yard jard jard yard หลา (ยาวเท่ากับ 3 ฟุต หรือ 0.9144 เมตร) yarda 碼 ярд گز ؛ ایک پرانا لمبائی ناپنے کا پیمانہ جو 9144۔0 میٹر کے برابر ہوتا ہے thước Anh (0,914 mét) 码
yard2
n yard [jaːd]
1 an area of (enclosed) ground beside a building Leave your bicycle in the yard; a school-yard; a courtyard. werf ساحَه، فِناء двор dvůr gård; -gård; gårdsplads der Hof αυλή, περίβολος patio õu; aed حیاط piha cour גִינָה, חָצֵר अहाता, प्रांगण dvorište udvar halaman garður, lóð, port cortile, recinto 中庭 건물에 인접한(둘러싸인) 땅, 구내 kiemas pagalms laman binnenplaats gård(splass); hage podwórko pátio curte двор dvor dvorišče dvorište gård, gårdsplan สนาม avlu 庭院 двір, подвір'я عمارت کے ساتھ ایک کھلا حصّہ sân 庭院
2 an area of enclosed ground used for a special purpose a shipyard; a dockyard. werf مَسْفَن، حَوْض بِناء سُفُن пристанище loděnice værft; -værft; -plads die Werft περίκλειστος χώρος που χρησιμοποιείται για ειδικούς σκοπούς patio ala, hoov محوطه -alue chantier מִגרָש, שֶטַח अहाता ograđen prostor za neku namjenu telep galangan -stöð, –port cantiere 作業場 특정한 목적을 위해 둘러싼 땅 statykla, įmonė doki limbungan terrein verft; plass, tomt (zakład) recinto şantier верфь lodenica; skladisko; ohrada delovišče radilište -gård, -plan, -område, varv ลานบ้าน açık hava deposu, tersane 場地 склад; верф کسی خاص مقصد کے لۓ رکھا گیا احاطہ kho; xưởng 场地
yard → حظيرة, ياردة dvůr, yard have, yard Hof, Yard γιάρδα, προαύλιο corral, yarda jaardi, piha cour, yard dvorište, jard cortile, iarda ヤード, 庭 구내, 야드 binnenplaats, yard plass, yard jard, podwórko jarda, quintal двор, ярд gård, yard บริเวณบ้าน, หลา avlu, yarda sân, thước Anh 码, 院子
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