Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An amount or length measured in yards.
- n. Cloth sold by the yard.
- n. The use of a livestock yard at a station in transporting cattle by railroad.
- n. A fee paid for such usage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Measurement or amount in yards.
- n. Yard-price.
- n. The use or convenience of a yard or inclosure, as in receiving, lading, or unlading cattle, etc., from railroad-cars.
- n. The charge made for such use or convenience.
- n. In coal-mining, cutting coal at so much per yard or fathom.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. distance measured in the aggregate number of yards
Examples
“You will soon get use these settings and will be able to tell if the yardage is a little less or greater.”
I'm getting a three pin sight on my bow, what should I set them at, need help, new to bowhunting.
“This season, Rams tight ends caught most of their passes in short yardage, which is part of their job.”
“No Redskins player disrespects Blache's '09 defensive scheme, especially since, in yardage stats, it's still far ahead of this year's crew.”
“Perhaps the play that turned the game most dramatically toward the Redskins was made by a defense that was ultra-violent all day long, dealing out two concussions and other gasp-provoking licks, even though it allowed the Eagles to lead in yardage, 353-293.”
“Hansen is considered a more dangerous quarterback because of his ability to scramble or gain yardage off designed runs.”
“AP Texas A & M running back Christine Michael tries to gain yardage as Missouri defender Brad Madison reaches for him during the first half of the No. 21 Tigers '30-9 victory in College Station, Texas.”
“Free-agent acquisition T.J. Houshmandzadeh arrives from Cincinnati to boost a receiving unit led in yardage last season by a tight end.”
Scene at Seattle's camp evokes memories of an old TV favorite
“But he's leading the league in yardage, so that's something we got to do to stop them from getting up on our safeties.”
The Washington Post: Redskins would rather face Kolb than Vick, Rogers says
“Mind you, that yardage is from the back tees, so only the top players generally play the course at that yardage.”
“I set everything up at a local archery range where yardage is marked on a level course.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yardage’.
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Cattle
cattle, cow, beef, steer, heifer, calf, bull, cattle call, Black Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Dwarf Lulu and 402 more...
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Cepstrums
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Open List: There's A Fee For That!
List of fees, tolls, surcharges - stupid, disingenuous, predatory, or otherwise - that are levied by governments, banks, phone companies and businesses against citizens, customers, and consumers.
overdraft, connection, reconnection, deconnection, restocking, late, impact, cancellation, universal default, overuse, usage, transfer-balance and 143 more...
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Football
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Listless
Nowhere else to put these yet.
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List of words to expand my vocabulary
does what it says on the tin, and is severely needed.
indolent, insolent, idly, divulge, tattle, benign, roguish, daintily, idle, dowdy, sordid, wanton and 242 more...
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wordage
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verbiage, decoupage, coinage, slayage, usage, carnage, damage, courage, savage, beverage, language, blockage and 82 more...
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arts and crafty
I so desperately want a craft room.
sew, scissors, fabric, bobbin, vellum, cardstock, sticker, exacto, glue, glue stick, yarn, string and 81 more...
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