yard

yard ¹  (yärd)

n.

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.

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

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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]

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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]

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Yard

Noun

the Yard Brit informal short for Scotland Yard

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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.

Thesaurus

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

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

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

builder's yard → chantier m

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yard [jɑːd] n (of house etc) → Hof m;

(US) (garden) → Garten m;

(measure) → Yard nt (= 0,91 m);

builder's yard → Bauhof m

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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