yard

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Pronunciation
/jɑːd/
/jɑɹd/
Noun
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

2 Definition

The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

Synonyms
garden
3 Definition

An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

4 Definition

A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

5 Definition

One’s house or home.

6 Definition

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).

7 Definition

Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

8 Definition

Any spar carried aloft.

9 Definition

A branch, twig, or shoot.

10 Definition

A staff, rod, or stick.

11 Definition

A penis.

12 Definition

100 dollars.

13 Definition

The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.

14 Definition

The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet.

15 Definition

The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre.

16 Definition

109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

Example Sentences
  • I need to hedge a yard of yen.
Verb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

To confine to a yard.