Definitions for yards
yards

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1. yards(Noun)

   The totality of the sailing rig.

   Her yards were bare and cockabill.

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1. Yards

   Yards is an unincorporated community straddling the border between Tazewell County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Yards is located on the Bluestone River, 4 miles northwest of Bluefield, Virginia. Yards had a post office on the Virginia side of the border from 1888 until May 28, 1994. The community was named for its railroad yards.

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1. yards

   See DOCKYARDS.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'yards' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2810

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'yards' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2868

Anagrams for yards »

1. drays, Dryas, dryas

How to pronounce yards?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yards in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of yards in a Sentence

1. George Rogers, Saints running back:

   I want to gain 1,500 or 2,000 yards, whichever comes first.

2. Tony Breeze:

   you're never more than twenty yards away from an estate agent!

3. David Henkin:

   A single ping can permanently deafen a marine mammal 100 meters (yards) away.

4. Steve Tyler:

   Around here, the horizon is about 100 yards away and youre looking at a tall oak tree.

5. Carl Schuster:

   This was very dangerous. Captains get very nervous when ships get closer than 1,000 yards.

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