Yard
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
Framework senses
- §1
- an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
- §2
- a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
- §3
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- §4
- an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
- §5
- a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
- §6
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
- §7
- a unit of volume, as for sand or gravel
- §8
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet
- §9
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100