Definition of Yard

Noun: yard  yaa(r)d

1. A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimetres; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
   - pace
    
2. [N. Amer] The enclosed land around a house or other building
   "it was a small house with almost no yard";
   - grounds, curtilage
    
3. A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
   "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
    
4. The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
   - thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou
    
5. A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
   - cubic yard
    
6. A tract of land where logs are accumulated
    
7. An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
   - railway yard [Brit, Cdn], railyard, railroad yard [N. Amer]
    
8. A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
    
9. An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
    
10. [Brit] An area of land next to a house, usually uncultivated and often paved and surrounded by walls
    - backyard [Brit]

See also:
yar
yardage

Anagrams containing the word yard

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