Definitions for yard

Definitions for (noun) yard

Main entry: yard

Definition: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)


Main entry: yard

Definition: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen


Main entry: yard, grounds, curtilage

Definition: the enclosed land around a house or other building

Usage: it was a small house with almost no yard


Main entry: yard, railway yard, railyard

Definition: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines


Main entry: yard

Definition: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

Usage: they opened a repair yard on the edge of town


Main entry: yard

Definition: a tract of land where logs are accumulated


Main entry: cubic yard, yard

Definition: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)


Main entry: pace, yard

Definition: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride


Main entry: 1000, grand, chiliad, one thousand, yard, G, thou, thousand, M, K

Definition: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100


Visual thesaurus for yard