Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stockyard

/stˈɑkjˌɑɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: stock-yard
IPA: /stˈɑkjˌɑɹd/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.

Australian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"No foe shall gather our harvest, Or sit on our stockyard rail."

Etymology

From stock + yard.

Usage

Australian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

stockyards (plural)

Phrases

Stockyard Creek

Rhymes With

dockyard

Questions

How do you pronounce stockyard?: The recorded pronunciation is /stˈɑkjˌɑɹd/.
What does stockyard mean?: An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.
Where does stockyard come from?: From stock + yard.

How to pronounce stockyard

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