Cubic Yard

Definition: Cubic Yard

Cubic Yard

Noun

1. A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel).

Synonym: Cubic Yard

Synonym: yard (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: cy (meteorology & standards).

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Specialty Definition: Cubic yard

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The cubic yard (symbols yd³, cu. yd.) is a nonmetric unit of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one yard in length.

1 cubic yard is equal to:

46,656 cubic inches
27 cubic feet
201.974 gallons
764.555 litres
0.764555 cubic metres

See 1 E-1 m³ for a comparison with other volumes, also orders of magnitude (volume).

External link

Conversion Calculator for Units of VOLUME

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cubic yard."

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Crosswords: Cubic Yard

English words defined with "cubic yard": Cart load. (references)

Specialty definitions using "cubic yard": explosives casting ♦ free haul ♦ Valentine scale. (references)

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Photo Album: Cubic Yard

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Strip mining operations with a thirty-two cubic yard steam shovel. Cherokee County, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cubic Yard

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
cubic yard	105
calculate cubic yard	19
cubic yard calculator	16
cubic yard conversion	14
calculating cubic yard	10
calculation cubic yard	10
cubic yard measurement	6
concrete cubic yard	6
figure cubic yard	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cubic Yard

Language		Translations for "cubic yard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Portuguese		jarda cúbica. (various references)

Spanish		yarda cúbica. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Cubic Yard

Misspellings
	"Cubic Yard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cibic yard. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cubic Yard

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-d-i-r-u-y"
	-3 letters: bardic, curacy, daubry.
	-4 letters: acidy, acrid, auric, baric, braid, caird, circa, cubic, curdy, curia, cycad, dairy, daric, dauby, diary, rabic, rabid, urbia, yaird, yucca.
	-5 letters: abri, acid, airy, arid, bard, baud, bird, brad, bray, bura, burd, bury, cadi, caid, carb, card, crab, crib, crud, curb, curd, darb, daub, drab, dray, drib, drub, duci.
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