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showyard

showyard noun: an enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.

Noun

showyard (plural showyards)

  1. An enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
    • Young breeders should not rush into the showyard with animals bred by other people, and bought at high prices; neither should they, when desirous of starting a herd, purchase first prize animals in a highly overfed state.1883, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Prize-essays and Transactions, page 227

Forms of showyard

pluralshowyards

Origin of showyard

From show + yard.

Questions about showyard

What does showyard mean?
Showyard means an enclosed yard where livestock is exhibited.
What part of speech is showyard?
Showyard is a noun.
What is the plural of showyard?
The plural of showyard is showyards.

Words near showyard in the dictionary

  1. showy mistletoe
  2. showy orchis
  3. showy orchises
  4. showy sundew
  5. showy sundews
  6. showyard
  7. showyards
  8. showyness
  9. shox
  10. shoyu
  11. shoyu-tai

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