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   Yard

   /yärd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a piece of ground adjoining a building or house. Similar backyardgardencourtyardcourtquadrangleenclosurecloistercloseinformal:quad
   • ▪ an area of ground surrounded by walls or buildings.
   • ▪ an area of land used for a particular purpose or business: "a storage yard" Similar workshopworksfactorygarageplantfoundrymillindustrial unitbusiness unitshipyardarchaic:manufactory
   • ▪ an area where deer or moose gather as a herd for the winter.

   verb

   • 1. store or transport (timber) in or to a log yard: North American "he is the last logger to be using a sled for yarding logs"
   • 2. (of deer or moose) gather as a herd for the winter: North American "they note changes in the numbers of moose yarding together"

   Word Origin Old Englishgeard ‘building, home, region’, from a Germanic base related to Russian gorod ‘town’. Compare with garden and orchard.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • A

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   • R

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   • D

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