yards
/jɑːdz/ · noun
Meaning
- A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
- An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
- A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
- One’s house or home.
- To confine to a yard.
- A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
- Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
- Any spar carried aloft.
- A branch, twig, or shoot.
- A staff, rod, or stick.
- A penis.
- 109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.
- The totality of the sailing rig.
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