1. yard(n = noun.quantity) pace - a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride;
is a kind of linear measure, linear unit
is a part of perch, pole, rod, chain, lea, fathom, fthm
has parts: foot, ft
2. yard(n = noun.artifact) curtilage, grounds - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
is a kind of field
has particulars: backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard
3. yard(n = noun.location) - 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"
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
has particulars: junkyard, schoolyard, churchyard, god's acre, tiltyard
4. yard(n = noun.quantity) 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100;
is a kind of large integer
has particulars: millenary
5. yard(n = noun.quantity) cubic yard - a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel);
is a kind of capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit
6. yard(n = noun.location) - a tract of land where logs are accumulated;
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
7. yard(n = noun.artifact) railway yard, railyard - an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines;
is a kind of parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
has particulars: marshalling yard
8. yard(n = noun.artifact) - a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen;
is a kind of spar
is a part of sailing ship, sailing vessel
has parts: yardarm
has particulars: main yard
9. yard(n = noun.artifact) - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock);
is a kind of enclosure
has particulars: barnyard, chicken run, chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard, farmyard, stockyard
1. A rod; a stick; a staff. P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
"If men smote it with a yerde." [1913 Webster]
2. A branch; a twig. [1913 Webster]
"The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain
Destroyed hath the green in every yerd." [1913 Webster]
3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [1913 Webster]
4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. [1913 Webster]
5. The penis. [1913 Webster]
6. A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship. [1913 Webster]
7. A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. [1913 Webster]
"A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks
In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer." [1913 Webster]
2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. [1913 Webster]
To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows. [1913 Webster]
yard, n.
1 a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre).
2 this length of material (a yard and a half of cloth).
3 a square or cubic yard esp. (in building) of sand etc.
4 a cylindrical spar tapering to each end slung across a mast for a sail to hang from.
5 (in pl.; foll. by of) colloq. a great length (yards of spare wallpaper).
Idiom:
by the yard at great length. yard-arm the outer extremity of a ship's yard. yard of ale Brit.
1 a deep slender beer glass, about a yard long and holding two to three pints.
2 the contents of this.
yard, n. & v.
--n.
1 a piece of enclosed ground esp. attached to a building or used for a particular purpose.
2 US the garden of a house.
--v.tr. put (cattle) into a stockyard.
Idiom:
the Yard Brit. colloq. = SCOTLAND YARD. yard-man
1 a person working in a railway-yard or timber-yard.
2 US a gardener or a person who does various outdoor jobs. yard-master the manager of a railway-yard.
Etymology:
OE geard enclosure, region, f. Gmc: cf. GARDEN
N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.
N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
N inclosure, envelope, case, wrapper, girdle, pen, fold, pen fold, in fold, sheep fold, paddock, pound, corral, yard, net, seine net, wall, hedge, hedge row, espalier, fence, pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence, barrier, barricade, gate, gateway, bent, dingle, door, hatch, cordon, prison, dike, dyke, ditch, fosse, moat.
charlestown navy yard, chicken yard, cubic yard, front yard, hen yard, holding yard, main yard, marshalling yard, navy yard, new scotland yard, railway yard, rope yard, scotland yard, side yard, square yard, yard bird, yard donkey, yard goods, yard grass, yard line, yard marker, yard measure, yard sale