Synonyms for yard
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Rood — A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to…
Definitions
- n. 1
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- n. 2
The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
- n. 3
An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
Related words
- Word family
- yardmaster yardstick
- Phrases
- wreck yard yard jockey yard bird yard sale freight yard livery yard yard globe breaker's yard
- Is a kind of
- virgate
Forms
- Plural
- yards → grands, thous, chiliads, roods…
Example sentences
- garden I breathed the smell of the flowers in the garden.
- antenna The TV antenna broke away in last night's storm.
By length
- 3 letters
- rod1
- 4 letters
- area3, pace1, thou1, rood1
- 5 letters
- court1, close1, grand1
- 6 letters
- garden2
- 7 letters
- hundred2, grounds1, antenna3, virgate, chiliad
- 9 letters
- courtyard2, enclosure3, curtilage
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (area3 = 3 syllables).