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