Definitions for yards
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1. yardsnoun

   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

2. Dryas

3. dryas

How to pronounce yards?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say yards in sign language?

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. White House:

   Refusing to evacuate to the rear despite his severe wounds, he directed the operation of his lone field piece continuing to fire in the face of the enemy, with the rebels within 100 yards of his position, Cushing was shot and killed during this heroic stand. His actions made it possible for the Union Army to successfully repulse the Confederate assault.

2. Indian Proverb:

   Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.

3. Sokje Lee:

   Because of this, we are going to see big restructuring of Chinese yards in the next two years.

4. Adam Hayes:

   Im gonna get you flat over here, youll have a flat lie, youll have 100 [yards to the green] --.

5. Phil Mickelson:

   I flew it by him 25 yards, i have gotten a lot more speed in the offseason. That really bothered him. So the 14th hole is a dogleg right to left. I guess he really hammered one. I had not played the hole before. I just hit a little stock cut. ... He was 11 yards by me. If that's what it takes to stroke his ego, then that's what it takes. Had I known that he was going to make a big deal about it, I would have swung a fraction harder and put it past him.

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