Yard - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the enclosed land around a house or other building (syn: curtilage, grounds)
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
Extra examples
The kids were playing in the back yard.
Can you still buy cloth by the yard in Britain?
He went to the window and looked out at the yard.
The children were playing in the yard.
I worked in the yard for part of the morning.
I'm planning on putting a bed of perennials in that corner of the yard.
Remove the trash from the front yard.
We spread fertilizer on our yard.
...the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents...
...that manual lawn mower is not a very efficient tool for doing a huge yard...
A professional landscaped the yard.
The moles dug tunnels in the yard.
We put up a fence around our yard.
...heaped the stones in a corner of the yard...
She bought a house with a big yard so that she could indulge her passion for gardening.
Word forms
singular: yard
plural: yards
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