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gard

/ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

gard noun: a garden. Also the obsolete spelling of guard.

Noun

gard (plural gards)

  1. (obsolete) A garden.

Proper noun capitalized: Gard

Gard

  1. A department of Occitania, France.
  2. A right tributary of the Rhône flowing through the departments of Lozère and Gard, in southern France.
    Synonyms:
    Gardon

Also used as

gard is also the obsolete spelling of guard.

Synonyms of gard

Forms of gard

Noun
pluralgards
Verb
third-person singular presentgards
present participlegarding
past participlegarded
pastgarded

Origin of gard

From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).

Borrowed from French Gard.

Words that rhyme with gard

31 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gard

What does gard mean?
Gard means a garden.
What part of speech is gard?
Gard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce gard?
Gard is pronounced /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/.
What is the plural of gard?
The plural of gard is gards.

Words near gard in the dictionary

  1. garcinol
  2. garcinone
  3. garcinones
  4. garcon
  5. garcons
  6. gard
  7. garda
  8. gardai
  9. gardant
  10. gardants
  11. Gardas

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