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Synonyms of yard
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
- inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard
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2
the area around and belonging to a building
- we're looking for a house with a big yard
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yard
noun (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of yard (Entry 2 of 2)
a considerable amount
- a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career
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- abundance,
- barrel,
- basketful,
- boatload,
- bucket,
- bunch,
- bundle,
- bushel,
- carload,
- chunk,
- deal,
- dozen,
- fistful,
- gobs,
- good deal,
- heap,
- hundred,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mountain,
- much,
- multiplicity,
- myriad,
- oodles,
- pack,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plateful,
- plenitude,
- plentitude,
- plenty,
- pot,
- potful,
- profusion,
- quantity,
- raft,
- reams,
- scads,
- sheaf,
- shipload,
- sight,
- slew,
- spate,
- stack,
- store,
- ton,
- truckload,
- volume,
- wad,
- wealth
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The Truth About 'Y': It's Mostly a Vowel
The Truth About 'Y': It's Mostly a Vowel
We need 'y' to be a consonant, but it acts more like a vowel.
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“Yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yard. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021.
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