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ALL meanings of yard

yard
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  • noun yard around house 1
  • noun yard 0.9144 meters 1
  • noun yard paved area 1
  • noun yard commerce: open area 1
  • noun yard agricultural 1
  • noun yard station storage area 1
  • noun yard the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure. 1
  • noun yard an enclosed area outdoors, often paved and surrounded by or adjacent to a building; court. 1
  • noun yard an outdoor enclosure designed for the exercise of students, inmates, etc.: a prison yard. 1
  • noun yard an outdoor space surrounded by a group of buildings, as on a college campus. 1
  • noun yard a pen or other enclosure for livestock. 1
  • noun yard an enclosure within which any work or business is carried on (often used in combination): navy yard; a brickyard. 1
  • noun yard an outside area used for storage, assembly, or the like. 1
  • noun yard Railroads. a system of parallel tracks, crossovers, switches, etc., where cars are switched and made up into trains and where cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or when awaiting repairs. 1
  • noun yard a piece of ground set aside for cultivation; garden; field. 1
  • noun yard the winter pasture or browsing ground of moose and deer. 1
  • noun yard the Yard, British. Scotland Yard (def 2). 1
  • idioms yard the whole nine yards, Informal. everything that is pertinent, appropriate, or available. in all ways; in every respect; all the way: If you want to run for mayor, I'll be with you the whole nine yards. 1
  • verb with object yard to put into, enclose, or store in a yard. 1
  • noun yard A piece of ground adjoining a building or house. 1
  • countable noun yard A yard is a unit of length equal to thirty-six inches or approximately 91.4 centimetres. 0
  • countable noun yard A yard is a flat area of concrete or stone that is next to a building and often has a wall around it. 0
  • countable noun yard You can refer to a large open area where a particular type of work is done as a yard. 0
  • countable noun yard A yard is a piece of land next to someone's house, with grass and plants growing in it. 0
  • noun yard a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre 0
  • noun yard a cylindrical wooden or hollow metal spar, tapered at the ends, slung from a mast of a square-rigged or lateen-rigged vessel and used for suspending a sail 0
  • noun yard a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings 0
  • noun yard an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc 0
  • noun yard (in combination) 0
  • noun yard an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc 0
  • noun yard the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals 0
  • noun yard an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc 0
  • verb yard to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard 0
  • noun yard a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.9144 meter): abbrev. yd 0
  • noun yard a cubic yard, equal to 27 cubic feet or 46,656 cubic inches (0.7646 cubic meter) 0
  • noun yard a slender rod or spar, tapering toward the ends, fastened at right angles across a mast to support a sail 0
  • noun yard the transverse member of a mast on non-sailing ships: used to hold signal flags, lights, etc. 0
  • noun yard one hundred dollars or, sometimes, one thousand dollars 0
  • noun yard the space or grounds surrounding or surrounded by a building or group of buildings 0
  • noun yard a plot of grass adjacent to a building, house, etc. 0
  • noun yard a pen or other enclosure for livestock or poultry 0
  • noun yard an enclosed place used for a particular purpose or business 0
  • noun yard a place where wild deer, moose, etc. herd together for feeding during the winter 0
  • noun yard a railroad center where trains are made up, serviced, switched from track to track, etc. 0
  • verb transitive yard to put, keep, or enclose in a yard 0
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