yard
Nouns
- (n) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride pace,
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(n) the enclosed land around a house or other building
- it was a small house with almost no yard
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(n) 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
- (n) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 1000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, K, M, G,
- (n) a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) cubic yard,
- (n) a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- (n) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines railway yard, railyard,
- (n) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- (n) an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)