Place and Yard

Place

Place noun - The area or space occupied by or intended for something.

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Yard and place are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yard" instead a noun "Place".

Nearby Words: placed, placement, placing, placer, placet

Yard noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).

Usage example: inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard

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Place and yard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Place" instead a noun "Yard".

Nearby Words: yardage, yarding

good	good place	good yard
full	full place	full yard
specific	specific place	specific yard
entire	entire place	entire yard
Other adjectives: big, little, distant, former, final, next, different.

Even after you're out of the facility, but you still have time to fight your way through the yard before the place goes up like a Roman candle.

Source: Take Your Time
Partially anachronism, partially anatopism (out of place) - the locomotives in the German train yard are from several decades later, and are British designs of the Great Western Railway.

Source: Anachronism Stew / Sherlock Holmes
As construction is taking place in Greg's back yard, Kevin shows up in a Tesla and parks curbside.

Source: Film / Meet the Parents

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