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Meaning of "goods yard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOODS YARD

goods yard  [ɡʊdz jɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOODS YARD

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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Goods yard is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOODS YARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

goods yard

Goods station

A goods station is, in the widest sense, a railway station which is exclusively or predominantly where goods of any description are loaded or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings. A station where goods are not specifically received or dispatched, but simply transferred on their way to their destination between the railway and another means of transport, such as ships or lorries, may be referred to as a transshipment station. This often takes the form of a container terminal and may also be known as a container station.

Definition of goods yard in the English dictionary

The definition of goods yard in the dictionary is a railway yard where goods wagons are received and dispatched in trains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOODS YARD


backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
barnyard
ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd
boatyard
ˈbəʊtjɑːd
boneyard
ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd
brickyard
ˈbrɪkˌjɑːd
churchyard
ˈtʃɜːtʃˌjɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
dockyard
ˈdɒkˌjɑːd
farmyard
ˈfɑːmˌjɑːd
graveyard
ˈɡreɪvˌjɑːd
junkyard
ˈdʒʌŋkˌjɑːd
lumberyard
ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd
Montagnard
ˌmɒntənˈjɑːd
noyade
nwɑːˈjɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
schoolyard
ˈskuːljɑːd
scrapyard
ˈskræpjɑːd
shipyard
ˈʃɪpˌjɑːd
tanyard
ˈtænˌjɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOODS YARD

goodnight kiss
goods
goods and chattels
goods in transit
goods received note
goods service
goods siding
goods station
goods train
goods wagon
goodsire
goodwife
goodwill
goodwill ambassador
goodwill mission
Goodwin Sands
goodwives
Goodwood
goody
goody bag

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOODS YARD

back yard
Bayard
coal yard
exercise yard
freight yard
in one´s own back yard
knacker´s yard
lanyard
Layard
main yard
marshalling yard
naval dockyard
navy yard
prison yard
railway yard
refit yard
shunting yard
switch yard
timber yard
vineyard

Synonyms and antonyms of goods yard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «goods yard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOODS YARD

Find out the translation of goods yard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of goods yard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goods yard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

货场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yarda de mercancías
570 millions of speakers

English

goods yard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माल यार्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساحة السلع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

товарный двор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quintal bens
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পণ্য গজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marchandises cour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Barang barang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Güterbahnhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貨物操車場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상품 야드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Barang yard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sân cỏ tốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொருட்கள் முற்றத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वस्तूंचे बांधकाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

depo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scalo merci
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stocznia towary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

товарний двір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curte marfuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγαθά αυλή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goedere agterplaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

varor gård
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

verksted varer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of goods yard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOODS YARD»

The term «goods yard» is regularly used and occupies the 90.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOODS YARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goods yard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOODS YARD»

Discover the use of goods yard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goods yard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Urban integration: Bishopsgate Goods Yard : Nick Johnson/FAT ...
The fourth book in this series records the collaboration of Nick Johnson, development director of Urban Splash, Manchester, with Kahn Visiting Professors Sean Griffiths, Charles Holland, and Sam Jacob, who worked with a studio of Yale ...
Nick Johnson, Nina Rappaport, Andrei Harwell, 2010
2
King's Cross Station Through Time
The scale andlocationof this Goods Yard so far into London made it an important transitpoint, feedingthe capital's insatiable appetite fora number of commodities. The most important of these wascoal fromthe northeastern collieries which, until ...
John Christopher, 2013
3
Industrialisation, Socio-economic Externalities, and State ...
In this regard two alternative solutions are suggested : (a) either the Hospet railway goods yard be closed and ore carrying lorry traffic diverted to the neighbouring Kariganur goods yard, (b) or a ring road (or even a bypass road via the high ...
‎1997
4
Crossrail Bill: first special report, session 2006-07, Vol. ...
Ms Durham, for anybody who was not here yesterday evening, the position is that there is a dive- under, is there not, which allows the Crossrail train to go under the freight line into the Acton Goods Yard, but that the gradients of the dive-under  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill, 2007
5
Brighouse Through Time:
It ensured the goods yard was always a hive of activity. In 1970 the station closed and by 1972 the goods yard had also. After years of hard work, permission was finally given for Brighouse to once again have its own railway station. This was ...
Chris Helme, 2014
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T.B.On Transportation Engineering
3 -R eceptlon Sldlng These are briefly described below: 1. Passenger yard. Passenger platform may be considered as passenger yards. \ 2. Goods yard. Goods platform may be considered as goods yard. \ 3. Marshalling yards. (See Fig. 12.9).
S. P. Chandola, 2008
7
Wolverhampton Railways Through Time
Wednesfield Goods Yard Views approaching Wednesfield goods yard on 20 March 1955 with Super D No. 49238 on a diverted goods run down to the GWR Low Level station. The lower view shows an exGWR railmotor train on the left and ...
Mike Hitches, 2013
8
APC Case Book: Casework Illustrations for General Practice ...
Instruction The property is a former railway goods yard in London owned by Railtrack. It consists of two levels, and when previously in use, trains came in on the upper level supported by two separate viaduct structures. Goods were moved  ...
Austen Imber, 2013
9
Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
... yard n (AmE) (cf goods yard) RAIL vehicles dépôt de marchandises m; - yard foreman n (AmE) ( cf goods yard foreman ) RAIL chef de triage m freightZ vi NAUT donner à fret, fréter freighter n NAUT ship affréteur m, cargo m, navire de charge ...
Yves Arden, 2013
10
Yeovil's Years
The 1B doubledecker bus lying against the Hendford Goods Yard wall. At lunchtime on 8 January 1953, railway worker Mr Thomas Singleton was standing in a lorry in the Hendford Goods Yard and saw the Southern National doubledecker ...
Jack William Sweet, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOODS YARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goods yard is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Postal past of Birmingham landmark
For although it was originally the site of a railway goods yard with canal wharves off the canal which led up to Gas Street Basin, its last ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
2
Coleg y Cymoedd principal 'delighted' after outline planning …
The new building will lie a stone's throw from the town's train station on the site of the former railway goods yard in Robertstown, and Coleg y ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
3
Lightning wrecks two homes
A tree on Goods Yard Close off Wheel Tappers Way in Loughborough was also on fire after being hit by lightning at 2.20am. A jet was used to ... «LoughboroughEcho.net, Jul 15»
4
10 stunning secret places in Bristol
... via the back door and you'll stumble across Temple Quay, Valentine Bridge and a patch of gravelled land which is home to The Goods Yard, ... «WOW24/7, Jul 15»
5
Lightning leads to fires across north of Leicestershire
... were being called out to fire alarms set off by the thunder and a burning tree struck by lightning in Goods Yard Close in Loughborough. «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
6
Homes hit as thunderstorm causes havoc
Loughborough fire service were also called out to a tree on fire on Goods Yard Close of Wheel Tappers Way in Loughborough at 2.20am. «LoughboroughEcho.net, Jul 15»
7
Virtual Reality Shunter Trainer Teaser Trailer Released
The trailer gives a quick overview of a train goods yard with rows of cargo ready to be moved. The Virtual Reality Shunter Trainer has been ... «VRFocus, Jul 15»
8
Henderson's £105m Causeway plan stalls as developer puts …
... first mooted, the focus has switched to the south of the town and development of the derelict former Goods Yard next to the railway station. «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
9
22 Bishopsgate – and the steroidal towers set to ruin London's skyline
It is a challenge that PLP (who are also responsible for a controversial cluster planned for Bishopsgate Goods Yard, a little further east) seem ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
10
Railway warehouse in Derby could be an attraction - reader's letter
... to the Derby Telegraph front page story about the GNR bonded warehouse "Could pot of cash be key to progress on eyesore goods yard? «Derby Telegraph, Jun 15»

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