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Definitions for Yard

[1] a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
[2] Nautical . a long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent.
[3] yard-of-ale.
[4] Informal . a large quantity or extent.
[5] Slang . one hundred or, usually, one thousand dollars.
[6] 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.
[7] the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure.
[8] an enclosed area outdoors, often paved and surrounded by or adjacent to a building; court.
[9] an outdoor enclosure designed for the exercise of students, inmates, etc.: a prison yard.
[10] an outdoor space surrounded by a group of buildings, as on a college campus.
[11] a pen or other enclosure for livestock.
[12] an enclosure within which any work or business is carried on (often used in combination): navy yard; a brickyard.
[13] an outside area used for storage, assembly, or the like.
[14] 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.
[15] a piece of ground set aside for cultivation; garden; field.
[16] the winter pasture or browsing ground of moose and deer.
[17] the Yard, British . Scotland Yard(def 2) .
[18] to put into, enclose, or store in a yard.
[19] a unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre Abbreviation: yd
[20] 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
[21] short for yardstick (def. 2)
[22] put in the hard yards Australian informal to make a great effort to achieve an end
[23] the whole nine yards informal everything that is required; the whole thing
[24] a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings
[25] an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc a railway yard (in combination ) a brickyard ; a shipyard
[26] a US and Canadian word for garden (def. 1)
[27] an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
[28] US and Canadian the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals
[29] Australian and NZ an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc
[30] NZ short for saleyard, stockyard
[31] to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard
[32] the Yard British informal short for Scotland Yard

Words related to Yard

lawn, garden, patch, courtyard, playground, lot, backyard, grass, patio, court, barnyard, quadrangle, clearing, corral, fold, terrace, close, enclosure

Words nearby Yard

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Origin of Yard

2before 900; Middle English yerd, Old English geard enclosure; cognate with Dutch gaard garden, Old Norse garthr yard, Gothic gards house, Latin hortus garden, Old Irish gort field; akin to garden

Word origin for Yard

Old English geard; related to Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart, Old Norse garthr yard, Gothic gards house, Old Slavonic gradu town, castle, Albanian garth hedge

Synonyms for Yard

backyard, courtyard, garden, grass, lawn, lot, patch, patio, playground, barnyard, clearing, close, corral, court, enclosure, fold, quadrangle, terrace