yards

Noun

• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• the enclosed land around a house or other building
• a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
• a tract of land where logs are accumulated
• an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
• a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
• an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
• plural of yard
• The totality of the sailing rig.

Verb

• third-person singular simple present indicative of yard

Examples

• Her yards were bare and cockabill.

Synonyms

1000, chiliad, cubic yard, curtilage, G, grand, grounds, K, M, one thousand, pace, railway yard, railyard, thou, thousand, yard