yard

yard¹ (yärd)

1. Abbr. yd. A fundamental unit of length in both the U.S. Customary System and the British Imperial System, equal to 3 feet, or 36 inches (0.9144 meter). See Table at measurement.

2. Nautical A long tapering spar slung to a mast to support and spread the head of a square sail, lugsail, or lateen.

[Middle English yerde, stick, unit of measure, from Old English gerd.]

yard² (yärd)

1. A tract of ground next to, surrounding, or surrounded by a building or buildings.

2. A tract of ground, often enclosed, used for a specific business or activity.

3. An area where railroad trains are made up and cars are switched, stored, and serviced on tracks and sidings.

a. A winter pasture for deer or other grazing animals.

b. An enclosed tract of ground in which animals, such as chickens or pigs, are kept.

v. yarded, yard·ing, yards

v.tr.

To enclose, collect, or put into or as if into a yard.

v.intr.

To be gathered into or as if into a yard.

[Middle English, from Old English geard; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

yard ¹

Noun

1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre)

2. Naut a spar slung across a ship's mast to extend the sail [Old English gierd rod, twig]

yard ²

Noun

1. a piece of enclosed ground, often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings

2. an enclosed or open area where a particular type of work is done: a shipbuilding yard

3. US, Canad, & Austral the garden of a house

4. US & Canad the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals [Old English geard]

Yard

Noun

the Yard Brit informal short for Scotland Yard

yard (yärd)

A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.91 meter). See Table at measurement.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	yard - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride pace linear measure, linear unit - a unit of measurement of length ft, foot - a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall" perch, rod, pole - a linear measure of 16.5 feet chain - a unit of length lea - a unit of length of thread or yarn fathom, fthm - a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
	2.	yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" curtilage, grounds backyard - the grounds in back of a house dooryard - a yard outside the front or rear door of a house front yard - the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a house playground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play side yard - the grounds at either side of a house field - a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
	3.	yard - 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" junkyard - a field where junk is collected and stored for resale schoolyard - the yard associated with a school churchyard, God's acre - the yard associated with a church parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land tiltyard - (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests
	4.	yard - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 1000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand, K, M, G large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten millenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years)
	5.	yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) cubic yard capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit - a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
	6.	yard - a tract of land where logs are accumulated parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	7.	yard - an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines railway yard, railyard marshalling yard - a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
	8.	yard - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen main yard - yard for a square mainsail sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts spar - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging yardarm - either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
	9.	yard - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) barnyard - a yard adjoining a barn chicken run, chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard - an enclosed yard for keeping poultry enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose farmyard - an area adjacent to farm buildings stockyard - enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily

Translations

yard [jɑːd] n → patio;

(US) (= garden); jardín m (= measure); yarda;

builder's yard → almacén m

yard [jɑːd] n [of house etc] → cour f;

(US) (= garden); jardin m (= measure); yard m (= 914 mm; 3 feet);

builder's yard → chantier m

yard [jɑːd] n (of house etc) → Hof m;

(US) (garden) → Garten m;

(measure) → Yard nt (= 0,91 m);

builder's yard → Bauhof m

yard [jɑːd] n [of house etc] → cortile m;

(US) (= garden); giardino;

(measure) → iarda (= 914 mm; 3 feet);

builder's yard → deposito di materiale da costruzione

yard¹

n yard [jaːd]

(often abbreviated toyd) an old unit of length equal to 0.9144 metres. jaart ياردَه ярд yard yard 9144 metres=das Yard γιάρδα yarda jard یارد jaardi verge יְחִידַת מֵרחָק הַשָׁווָה ל91.4 ס”מ गज jard, lakat yard yard yard iarda ヤード 야드(길이의 단위) jardas jards ela yard yard jard jarda. yard ярд yard jard jard yard หลา (ยาวเท่ากับ 3 ฟุต หรือ 0.9144 เมตร) yarda 碼 ярд گز ؛ ایک پرانا لمبائی ناپنے کا پیمانہ جو 9144۔0 میٹر کے برابر ہوتا ہے thước Anh (0,914 mét) 码

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