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# yard

noun (yard, yards; yd)

«yard» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A yard is the ground around a house; in the USA it often has grass (in the UK a «garden»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#m1)
2. A yard is a unit of length. A yard is 3 feet. A yard is 36 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#m2)
3. A yard is an open area for work or play, like a school yard, a farmyard or a shipyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#m3)

### In the lessons

a place (back yard) or a unit of length for cloth, fences and fields; football fields in the USA are measured in yards; phrases «backyard», «front yard», «school yard», «yard sale», «graveyard»

### Examples

- There are 8 trees in the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x1)
- She bought 5 yards of ribbon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x2)
- One yard is 3 feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x3)
- The field is 100 yards long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x4)
- The kids played in the front yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x5)
- We had a yard sale on Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x6)
- The ship was built in a shipyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x7)
- The farmyard was full of chickens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x8)
- He ran 40 yards for a touchdown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x9)
- A yard is a little shorter than a meter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x10)
- Out they went into the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/#x11)

### Note

A place or a unit of length. Trap: yards and feet must be changed to one unit; 1 yard = 3 feet. Square yards measure area (9 square feet in a square yard). 1 yard is about 0.9 meters.

## In Jewish tradition

In "olive-yards" it is an old form of "orchard" or garden, a place where trees or vines grow. It is not a measure.

**Interpretation.** Joshua reminds Israel that the land and its crops were God's gift, not their own work. Tradition teaches that people should be thankful for it.

### Examples

- And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat. (Prophets JOS.24.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yard/#x1)

### Note

A place or a unit of length. Trap: yards and feet must be changed to one unit; 1 yard = 3 feet. Square yards measure area (9 square feet in a square yard). 1 yard is about 0.9 meters.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «yard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/yard.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «yard» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«yard» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/yard.html) on Mova free.