yard
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
Noun 4 meanings
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 outdoors 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.
Verb 2 meanings
To confine to a yard.
To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.
Etymology
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”).
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YARD at a glance
YARD has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (Y 4 + A 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,596 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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