Tra từ yard - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet;
defined as 91.44 centimeters;
originally taken to be the average length of a stride (Freq. 34)
• Syn:
pace
• Derivationally related forms:
pace (for: pace)
• Hypernyms:
linear unit, linear measure
• Part Holonyms:
fathom, fthm, chain, perch, rod,
pole, lea
• Part Meronyms:
foot, ft
2. the enclosed land around a house or other building (Freq. 12)
- it was a small house with almost no yard
• Syn:
grounds, curtilage
• Hypernyms:
field
• Hyponyms:
backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard
3. a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) (Freq. 1)
- they opened a repair yard on the edge of town
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
junkyard, schoolyard, churchyard, God's acre, tiltyard
4. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
• Syn:
cubic yard
• Hypernyms:
volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure,
cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
5. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• Syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K,
chiliad, G, grand, thou
• Hypernyms:
large integer
• Hyponyms:
millenary
6. a tract of land where logs are accumulated
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
7. an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
• Syn:
railway yard, railyard
• Hypernyms:
tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
• Hyponyms:
marshalling yard
8. a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
• Hypernyms:
spar
• Hyponyms:
main yard
• Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
• Part Meronyms:
yardarm
9. an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
• Hypernyms:
enclosure
• Hyponyms:
barnyard, chicken yard, hen yard, chicken run, fowl run,
farmyard, stockyard