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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreyard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fore-yard
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yard in front; front yard

noun

A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.

Etymology

From Middle English forȝerd, equivalent to fore- + yard (“enclosure”). Compare German Vorgarten.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

foreyards (plural)

Synonyms

headyard fore-yard

Questions

What does foreyard mean?
A yard in front; front yard
Where does foreyard come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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