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Cubic yard   /kjˈubɪk jɑrd/   Listen
Cubic yard

noun
1.
A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel).  Synonym: yard.






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"Cubic yard" Quotes from Famous Books



... prosperity. Nor is the period very remote when the coal districts, which at present supply the metropolis with fuel, will cease to yield any more. The annual quantity of coal shipped in the rivers Tyne and Wear, according to Mr. Bailey, exceeded three million tons. A cubic yard of coals weighs nearly one ton; and the number of tons contained in a bed of coal one square mile in extent, and one yard in thickness, is about four millions. The number and extent of all the principal coal-beds in Northumberland and Durham is known; and from these data it has been calculated ...
— The Mirror, 1828.07.05, Issue No. 321 - The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction • Various



Words linked to "Cubic yard" :   volume unit, displacement unit, cubature unit, cubic measure, cubage unit, cubic content unit, capacity measure, yard, capacity unit



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