Commentary: YARD[+quantity][+measure][+length][+feet][+three]
Examples:
Mary bought six yards of fabric for her wedding gown.
The quarterback ran twenty yards for a touchdown.
This table is not quite a yard wide.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: YARD[+land][+domicile][+surrounding][+house]
Examples:
The yard in front of the cottage was filled with wild flowers.
John left the lawnmower in the side yard by the garden hose and wheelbarrow.
This house features a fenced yard in back.
Mary is having a yard sale on Saturday.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: YARD[+land][+commercial][+demarcated][+/-enclosed]
Examples:
Two ships were in dry dock in the navy yard.
A rooster and several hens scratched about in the chicken yard.
The prisoners were allowed to exercise two hours a day in the prison yard.
Pieces of old machinery stood in the yard of the machine shop.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 7, 5, 6
Commentary: YARD[+quantity][+measure][+volume][+cubic][+feet][+twenty_seven]
Examples:
John ordered two cubic yards of mulch for his landscaping.
How many cubic yards of gravel does that truck haul?
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: YARD[+artifact][+support][+spar][+horizontal][+sail]
Examples:
The skipper noticed a crack in his main yard.
The 18th-century sailing ship had very large yards to support the sails.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: YARD[+artifact][+glass][+beer][+height][+feet][+three]
Examples:
The barmaid brought them two yards of good German ale.
We ordered pints of beer, but Bob ordered a yard.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 4-4
Commentary: YARD[+location][+habitat][+natural][+winter][+deer]
Examples:
The moose use the lower southern slope as their yard during the winter.
Predators stalked the deer yard.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1-4
Commentary: YARD[+quantity][+number][+cardinal][+1000]
Examples:
The product of 10 times 100 is a yard. (1000)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4