yard

CEFRA1

/ˈjɑːd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An area of ground next to or around a building.

  2. 02

    noun

    A unit of length equal to three feet.

Examples

  • Didn't you see a dog pass through the yard?

  • Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

  2. The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

  3. A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

More examples

In context

  • They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.

  • How much coke you want? Gimme a yard.

  • I need to hedge a yard of yen.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). See also North Frisian guard, Guart (“garden, yard”), Dutch gaard, gaarde (“garden, yard”), German Garten (“garden, yard”), Danish, Swedish gård (“farm, estate, land; court, yard”), Faroese, Icelandic garður (“garden; fence”), Norn gart (“farm”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gard, gård (“farm; townhouse”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards, “court, yard; house”), Lithuanian gardas (“pen, enclosure”), Russian го́род (górod, “to...