Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Source: tatoeba (1818)
Yard
/jɑːd/
Synonyms for "yard" (244 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
coopcoop incoop upcoppercordoncordon offcorralcourtcourtyardcreamerycurtilagedairydefense plantdelimited fielddimedistillerydockyarddollardollar billencircle
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enclaveencloseenclosureencompassenshrinefactoryfactory beltfactory districtfeeder plantfence infieldfifty centsfinfishfive centsfive hundred dollarsfive-dollar billfive-hundred-dollar billfive-spotfiverflour millfoldfour bitsfrogskingg-notegaolgrandgroundhalf a chalf dollarhalf ghalf grandhangerhedge inhem inhookhousehouse in
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
german garten
Related words (122)
hundred-dollar billimpoundimprisonincarcerateincludeindustrial parkindustrial zoneiron manjailkennelkilokilocyclekilogramkilohertzkiloliterkilometerlakhleaguerlistm
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main plantmanufactorymanufacturing plantmanufacturing quartermastmeasuremewmew upmillmillenniummillepedemilligrammillilitermintmunitions plantmyriadnickelnumberoil refineryone hundred thousandpacking housepalepalingparkpenpen inpennyplantpocketpotterypoundpower plantproduction linepush-button plantquadquadranglequarantinequartquarterrail inred centrefinerysawbucksawmillshipyardshrineshut inshut upsilver dollarskinsmackersparsquarestablesubassembly plantsugar refinerysurroundsuspendertanneryten centsten thousandten-spottennertheaterthouthousandthousand dollarsthousand-dollar billtofttwenty-dollar billtwenty-five centstwo bitstwo-dollar billtwo-spotwall inwinerywrapyard upyards
Adjective(2 words)
icelandic garðurspanish jardín
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More general
31 entriescapacity measurecapacity unitcubage unitcubature unitcubic content unitcubic measuredescriptordisplacement unitenclosureenvironmentfacilityfieldlandlarge integerlength unitlinear measure
Showing 16 of 31 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
162 translations across 79 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- bahçe noun (land around a house)
- gardh noun (land around a house)
- kurt noun (land around a house)
- oborr noun (land around a house)
Arabic
3 entries- حَدِيقَة noun (land around a house)
- يَارْد noun (three feet)
- يَارْدَة noun (three feet)
Armenian
2 entries- բակ noun (land around a house)
- յարդ noun (three feet)
Aromanian
1 entries- curti noun (land around a house)
Asturian
2 entries- antoxana noun (land around a house)
- portalada noun (land around a house)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Huaf noun (land around a house)
Belarusian
3 entries- дво́рык noun (land around a house)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Bengali
1 entries- গজ noun (three feet)
Bulgarian
3 entries- банкнота от 100 долара noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Burmese
4 entries- ကိုက် noun (three feet)
- ယာဒ် noun (three feet)
- ဝင်းခြံ noun (land around a house)
- အိမ်ဝင်း noun (land around a house)
Catalan
2 entries- iarda noun (three feet)
- pati noun (land around a house)
Chechen
1 entries- керт noun (land around a house)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏑᏟᎶᏛ noun (three feet)
Chickasaw
1 entries- kasbi noun (land around a house)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 庭院 noun (land around a house)
- 碼 /码 noun (three feet)
- 院子 noun (land around a house)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲟⲛϩ noun (land around a house)
Cornish
1 entries- lath noun (three feet)
Czech
3 entries- dvorek noun (land around a house)
- dvůr noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Danish
1 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
Dutch
1 entries- erf noun (land around a house)
Esperanto
3 entries- jardo noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- jardo noun (three feet)
- korto noun (land around a house)
Estonian
2 entries- jard noun (three feet)
- õu noun (land around a house)
Ewe
1 entries- abɔ noun (three feet)
Finnish
4 entries- huntti noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- jaardi noun (three feet)
- piha noun (land around a house)
- puomi noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
French
4 entries- cour noun (land around a house)
- jardin noun (land around a house)
- verge noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Galician
4 entries- eido noun (land around a house)
- eira noun (land around a house)
- quinteiro noun (land around a house)
- resío noun (land around a house)
Georgian
2 entries- ეზო noun (land around a house)
- იარდი noun (three feet)
German
2 entries- Hof noun (land around a house)
- Yard noun (three feet)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 noun (land around a house)
Greek
3 entries- αυλή noun (land around a house)
- γιάρδα noun (three feet)
- προαύλιο noun (land around a house)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָצֵר noun (land around a house)
Hindi
2 entries- गज़ noun (three feet)
- बाड़ा noun (land around a house)
Hungarian
4 entries- előkert noun (land around a house)
- kert noun (land around a house)
- százas noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- udvar noun (land around a house)
Ingrian
1 entries- tarhas noun (land around a house)
Irish
1 entries- slat noun (three feet)
Italian
3 entries- cortile noun (land around a house)
- iarda noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Japanese
3 entries- ヤード noun (three feet)
- 庭 noun (land around a house)
- 碼 noun (three feet)
Kazakh
1 entries- ярд noun (three feet)
Khmer
2 entries- ទីធ្លា noun (land around a house)
- យ៉ាដ noun (three feet)
Korean
4 entries- 뜰 noun (land around a house)
- 마 noun (three feet)
- 마당 noun (land around a house)
- 야드 noun (three feet)
Latin
1 entries- ārea noun (land around a house)
Latvian
1 entries- pagalms noun (land around a house)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kiemas noun (land around a house)
Macedonian
1 entries- двор noun (land around a house)
Malay
1 entries- ela noun (three feet)
Norman
1 entries- bel noun (land around a house)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hewş noun (land around a house)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Occitan
1 entries- pati noun (land around a house)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آولی noun (land around a house)
Papiamentu
1 entries- curá noun (land around a house)
Persian
3 entries- حیاط noun (land around a house)
- دکل noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- یارد noun (three feet)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hoff (nds) noun (land around a house)
Polish
3 entries- jard noun (three feet)
- podwórko noun (land around a house)
- podwórze noun (land around a house)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- αυλαία noun (land around a house)
Portuguese
4 entries- cercado noun (land around a house)
- jarda noun (three feet)
- pátio noun (land around a house)
- quintal noun (land around a house)
Romanian
1 entries- curte noun (land around a house)
Russian
3 entries- дво́рик noun (land around a house)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Sardinian
1 entries- apitu noun (land around a house)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dvòrīšte noun (land around a house)
- àvlija noun (land around a house)
- а̀влија noun (land around a house)
- дво̀рӣште noun (land around a house)
Slovak
1 entries- dvor noun (land around a house)
Slovene
1 entries- dvorišče noun (land around a house)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱнӱк noun (land around a house)
Spanish
4 entries- patio noun (land around a house)
- vara noun (three feet)
- verga noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- yadra noun (land around a house)
Swahili
1 entries- yadi noun (three feet)
Swedish
4 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
- tomt noun (land around a house)
- trädgård noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Tagalog
1 entries- yarda noun (three feet)
Telugu
1 entries- గజం noun (three feet)
Thai
3 entries- ลาน noun (land around a house)
- สนาม noun (land around a house)
- หลา noun (three feet)
Turkish
2 entries- avlu noun (land around a house)
- yarda noun (three feet)
Tày
2 entries- cai noun (land around a house)
- coo̱ng noun (land around a house)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дво́рик noun (land around a house)
- двір noun (land around a house)
- подві́р'я noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Urdu
1 entries- گز noun (three feet)
Uzbek
1 entries- yard noun (three feet)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sân noun (land around a house)
- thước Anh noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Volapük
1 entries- yad noun (land around a house)
Walloon
1 entries- coû noun (land around a house)
Welsh
3 entries- llath noun (three feet)
- llathau noun (three feet)
- llathen noun (three feet)
Zazaki
2 entries- isig noun (land around a house)
- yarda noun (three feet)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I always have to check my yard for stagnant pools of water so mosquitoes don't breed there.
Source: tatoeba (1990)
Didn't you see a dog pass through the yard?
Source: tatoeba (16172)
Feeling the house shake, I ran out into the yard at the back of the house.
Source: tatoeba (24274)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.