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yard-sale

yard-sale verb: to sell, or buy, things at a yard sale. Also the alternative form of yard sale.

Verb

yard-sale (third-person singular simple present yard-sales, present participle yard-saling, simple past and past participle yard-saled)

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

Adjective

yard-sale (comparative more yard-sale, superlative most yard-sale)

  1. Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).

Also used as

yard-sale is also the alternative form of yard sale.

yard-sale is also the alternative form of yardsale.

Forms of yard-sale

Verb
third-person singular presentyard-sales
present participleyard-saling
past participleyard-saled
pastyard-saled
Adjective
comparativemore yard-sale
superlativemost yard-sale
Noun
pluralyard-sales

Origin of yard-sale

From yard + sale.

Questions about yard-sale

What does yard-sale mean?
Yard-sale means to sell, or buy, things at a yard sale.
What part of speech is yard-sale?
Yard-sale can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of yard-sale?
The past tense of yard-sale is yard-saled.

Words near yard-sale in the dictionary

  1. yard-long beans
  2. yard-long cucumber
  3. yard-long cucumbers
  4. yard-rope
  5. yard-ropes
  6. yard-sale
  7. yard-saled
  8. yard-sales
  9. yard-saling
  10. yard-trash day
  11. yard-trash days

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