yard
/ˈjɑːd/
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or within the precincts of a house or other building; The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn; An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc
- plural
- yards
Meanings
- 1
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building
Tom is in the yard.
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My house has a small yard.
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- 2
The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn
- 3
An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc
- 4
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etcrare
- 5
One’s house or homerare
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A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK)rare
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Units of similar composition or length in other systemsrare
- 8
Any spar carried aloftrare
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Any spar carried aloft.; A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the last two hang obliquelyrare
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A branch, twig, or shootrare