cubic yard

collocation in English

meaningsofcubicandyard

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cubic
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.bɪk/us
/ˈkjuː.bɪk/
used in units of volume to show when the length of something has been multiplied by its width ...
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yard
noun[C]
uk
/jɑːd/us
/jɑːrd/
a unit of measurement equal to three feet or approximately ...
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(Definition ofcubicandyardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcubic yard

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When you buy soil for this purpose, you always buy it by thecubicyard.
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This one is on a rate basis percubicyardof work done.
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Could he discover how many cubic feet there are in acubicyard?
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The regulations cease to authorise the use of a number of units including thecubicyardfor sand and ballast.
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Approximately 29,000 ounces of gold were recovered averaging 1.0 oz/cubicyardof gold in the gravels with spikes of up to 4.6 oz/cubicyard.
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From inception prisoners main task was the breaking of onecubicyardof rock per day.
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Estimated treatment costs, which include transportation, spreading, amendments, and monitoring, are about $45 percubicyard.
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One cauldron had a single chamber one-halfcubicyardin capacity.
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We all know that the one outstanding feature of aggregates is that they are heavy stuff; we are looking at one tonne percubicyard.
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I think that it is practically impossible to measure a halfcubicyard, especially if you try to estimate or calculate what a 10-ton load would be.
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Onecubicyardof gravel typically weighs about 3000 pounds (or a cubic metre is about 1,800 kilograms).
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However, some traders and their customers may prefer, at least for the present, to retain thecubicyard, and in that event they will be free to do so.
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Everycubicyardhas to be transported in some way or other to the site where one proposes to dispose of it, by levelling or in any other way.
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The boatmen were paid 7d. (3 pence) percubicyard, for digging it out of the ground, boating it and landing it.
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Miners were paid by thecubicyard, by the mine car, or by the ton, and (in the driving of entries) by the lineal yard.
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These instruments vary greatly in size, ranging from acubicyardto a height reaching five floors, and are built in churches, synagogues, concert halls, and homes.
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Other than the cubic inch, cubic foot andcubicyard, these units are differently sized from the units in the imperial system, although the names of the units are similar.
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