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გამოთქმა: /jɑːd/

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Universal
  • 1 (abbreviation: yd) a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre): a full skirt that took twenty yards of cloth
  • (yards of) informal a great length of something:yards and yards of fine lace
  • a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials.
  • 2a cylindrical spar, tapering to each end, slung across a ship’s mast for a sail to hang from.
  • 3US informal one hundred dollars; a one-hundred-dollar note: it cost two hundred up front—one yard for Maurice, one for the girl

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in large numbers or quantities:golf continues to inspire books by the yard

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