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YARDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
Synonyms:
yard donkey; yarder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("yarder" is a kind of...):
winch; windlass (lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards
Example:
the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("yarder" is a kind of...):
linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
