yard

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The area of ground around a house, often with grass.

   It was a small house with almost no yard.

2. 2
   noun

   A unit of length equal to three feet, about 0.91 metres.

   The fabric was sold by the yard.

3. 3
   noun

   An enclosed outdoor area used for a particular kind of work.

   They opened a repair yard on the edge of town.

Common collocations

• navy yard Noun + noun
• yard marker Noun + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard 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…

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