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gard

/ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
gard
IPA
/ɡɑː(ɹ)d/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A garden.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete spelling of guard.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete spelling of guard.

Obsolete

name

A department of Occitania, France.

name

A right tributary of the Rhône flowing through the departments of Lozère and Gard, in southern France.

Etymology

From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

gards (plural) gards (present, singular) garding (participle, present) garded (participle, past) garded (past)

Synonyms

Gardon

Homonyms

garde guard

Rhymes With

hard card guard yard regard bernard starred barred gerard disregard discard retard

Questions

How do you pronounce gard?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/.
What does gard mean?
A garden.
Where does gard come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce gard

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