Yard - Definition
yard
n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a
stride [syn: yard, pace]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
curtilage]
3: 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"
4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou, yard]
5: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard,
yard]
6: a tract of land where logs are accumulated
7: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: yard,
railway yard, railyard]
8: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support
and spread a square sail or lateen
9: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)