Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yard-sale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
yard-sale
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sell, or buy, things at a yard sale.

adj

Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).

noun

Alternative form of yard sale.

noun

Alternative form of yardsale.

Etymology

From yard + sale.

Inflected Forms

yard-sales (present, singular) yard-saling (participle, present) yard-saled (participle, past) yard-saled (past) more yard-sale (comparative) most yard-sale (superlative) yard-sales (plural)

Questions

What does yard-sale mean?
To sell, or buy, things at a yard sale.
Where does yard-sale come from?
From yard + sale.

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