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Yard

A rod; a stick; a staff.

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Narrower term 9

Barnyard 76% connected

A yard belonging to a barn.

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Churchyard 76% connected

The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.

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Dooryard 76% connected

A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

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Farmyard 76% connected

The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

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Foreyard 76% connected

The lowermost yard on the foremast.

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Garden 76% connected

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

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Main yard 76% connected

The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.

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Millenary 76% connected

Consisting of a thousand; millennial.

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Playground 76% connected

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

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Broader term 5

Enclosure 76% connected

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Tract 76% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Pace 74% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Containing whole 6

Chain 70% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Fathom 70% connected

A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth o…

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Lea 70% connected

A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.

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Perch 70% connected

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…

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Pole 70% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Rod 70% connected

A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).

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Foot 70% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Yardarm 70% connected

Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end.

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Synonym 8

Chiliad 92% connected

A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.

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Curtilage 92% connected

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

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G 92% connected

G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treb…

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Grand 92% connected

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

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M 92% connected

As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

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Pace 92% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Thou 92% connected

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the s…

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Thousand 92% connected

The number of ten hundred; a collection or sum consisting of ten times one hundred units or objects.

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