Home › Words › Y › yardangyardangyardang means A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yardang ranks #29,321 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom yardan, ablative of Turkish yar ("cliff", "precipice").nounA large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.badlands 60% match — An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks. vs yardang →baydzharakh 58% match — A roughly cone shaped rock formation, usually consisting of siltstone, peat or loam. vs yardang →dunesand 54% match — A loose thin sand that can be carried by the wind. vs yardang →yaodong 54% match — A type of earth shelter dwelling common in the Loess Plateau in northern China. vs yardang →barchan 54% match — An arc-shaped shifting sand dune comprising well-sorted (uniformly sized) sand. vs yardang →driftwind 53% match — A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. vs yardang →dunefield 53% match — An area containing many sand dunes. vs yardang →sandflow 53% match — The flow of sand, under the influence of wind, to form dunes vs yardang →