word-vault/dist/data/cards/ya/yard.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "yard",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc., usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their **front yard**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My next-door neighbor was watering her yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He entered the yard through the back gate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've landscaped my tiny front yard with tall grasses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the yard was covered with leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was standing in the yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The front yard is fenced for privacy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We crossed the yard to my house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the huge bay window overlooking the yard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to cut the grass in the yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two houses in the street had yard signs, one for Trump and one for Clinton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The outside yard was decorated with orange lights."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Gardens"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["back", "front", "side"],
                "verb + yard": ["mow", "rake", "water"],
                "yard + noun": ["sale", "sign"],
                "preposition": ["in yard"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the corner of the yard",
                    "the edge of the yard",
                    "the middle of the yard"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prisoners were made to line up in the prison yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I left our school yard at recess and ran home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prisoners were taken to the exercise yard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The yard was enclosed by a high wire fence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "kids playing in the school yard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They rode out of the stable yard."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["front", "back", "rear"],
                "verb + yard": ["enter", "leave", "enclose"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an area of land used for a special purpose or business",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a boat yard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a construction yard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wood from a lumber yard"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The steam tug was on her way to the breaker's yard at the end of her naval service."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lumber", "timber", "freight"],
                "phrases": ["a builder’s yard", "the knacker’s yard"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring length, equal to 3 feet (36 inches) or 0.9144 of a metre",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They still live within yards of each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a beautiful white dress with yards and yards of fabric"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident happened less than 50 yards from his home."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a long piece of wood fastened to a mast that supports a sail on a boat or ship",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Transport by water"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "everything, or a situation which includes everything",
            "labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɑːd/",
                "audio": "ya/yard/yard__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/jɑːrd/",
                "audio": "ya/yard/yard__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 4 to 5 Old English gerd (in sense (5)), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gard ‘twig, rod’ and German Gerte.senses 1 to 3 Old English geard ‘building, home, region’, from a Germanic base related to Russian gorod ‘town’. Compare with garden and orchard."
}