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yard

/ yard /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
Type of:
enclosure
Kinds of:
barnyard chicken yard hen yard chicken run fowl run
noun Sense 2
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
Type of:
spar
Kinds of:
main yard
Has parts:
sailing vessel sailing ship
noun Sense 3
the enclosed land around a house or other building
"it was a small house with almost no yard"
Type of:
field
Kinds of:
backyard court courtyard dooryard front yard
noun Sense 4
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
Type of:
tract piece of land piece of ground
Kinds of:
marshalling yard
noun Sense 5
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"
Type of:
tract piece of land piece of ground
Kinds of:
junkyard schoolyard churchyard God's acre tiltyard
noun Sense 6
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Type of:
linear unit
Has parts:
fathom fthm chain
Derived:
pace step
noun Sense 7
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
Type of:
volume unit capacity unit capacity measure
noun Sense 8
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Type of:
large integer
Semantic Complexity
99%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

enclosure barnyard chicken yard hen yard chicken run fowl run spar main yard field backyard court courtyard