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I noun((often abbreviated to yd) an old unit of length equal to 0.9144 metres.) jardII noun1) (an area of (enclosed) ground beside a building: Leave your bicycle in the yard; a school-yard; a courtyard.) dvorišče2) (an area of enclosed ground used for a special purpose: a shipyard; a dockyard.) delovišče* * *I [ja:d]nounjard (dolžinska mera 0,91ɔ m); jardna mera, palica; nautical prečka pri jadru; archaic penis100 yards sport tek na 100 jardovcubic, square yard — kubični, kvadratni jardYard and Ell astronomy OrionII [ja:d]1.noundvorišče; ograda, zagrajen prostor; šolsko dvorišče; (zelenjavni) vrt; delavnica, delovišče; American zimski pašnikthe Yard (= Scotland Yard) — sedež policije v Londonudock yard, ship yard — ladjedelnicapoultry yard — dvorišče za kokoši, za perutninotimber-yard — skladišče za les;2.transitive verbspraviti (živino) v ogrado; zapreti v dvorišče; namestiti (les) v skladišče; intransitive verb American & Canadian (= yard up) umakniti se na zimske pašnike (o divjadi)
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