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yard
1[yahrd]
noun
a common unit of linear measure in English-speaking countries, equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, and equivalent to 0.9144 meter.
Nautical.Ìýa long spar, supported more or less at its center, to which the head of a square sail, lateen sail, or lugsail is bent.
Informal.Ìýa large quantity or extent.
Slang.Ìýone hundred or, usually, one thousand dollars.
yard
2[yahrd]
noun
the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure.
an enclosed area outdoors, often paved and surrounded by or adjacent to a building; court.
It’s been a long road trip for the Mariners, and they’ll be glad to get back to their own yard on Tuesday.
an outdoor enclosure designed for the exercise of students, inmates, etc..
a prison yard.
an outdoor space surrounded by a group of buildings, as on a college campus.
a pen or other enclosure for livestock.
an enclosure within which any work or business is carried on (often used in combination).
navy yard; a brickyard.
an outside area used for storage, assembly, or the like.
Railroads.Ìýa system of parallel tracks, crossovers, switches, etc., where cars are switched and made up into trains and where cars, locomotives, and other rolling stock are kept when not in use or when awaiting repairs.
the winter pasture or browsing ground of moose and deer.
British.Ìýthe Yard, Scotland Yard.
verb (used with object)
to put into, enclose, or store in a yard.
yard
1/ ÂáÉ‘Ë»å /
noun
yd.Ìýa unit of length equal to 3 feet and defined in 1963 as exactly 0.9144 metre
a cylindrical wooden or hollow metal spar, tapered at the ends, slung from a mast of a square-rigged or lateen-rigged vessel and used for suspending a sail
short for yardstick
informalÌýto make a great effort to achieve an end
informalÌýeverything that is required; the whole thing
yard
2/ ÂáÉ‘Ë»å /
noun
a piece of enclosed ground, usually either paved or laid with concrete and often adjoining or surrounded by a building or buildings
an enclosed or open area used for some commercial activity, for storage, etc
a railway yard
( in combination )
a brickyard
a shipyard
a US and Canadian word for garden
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings, used for storing rolling stock, making up trains, etc
the winter pasture of deer, moose, and similar animals
an enclosed area used to draw off part of a herd, etc
verb
to draft (animals), esp to a saleyard
Yard
3/ ÂáÉ‘Ë»å /
noun
informalÌýshort for Scotland Yard
yard
A unit of length in the US Customary System equal to 3 feet or 36 inches (0.91 meter).
See Table at measurement
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of yard1
Origin of yard2
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of yard1
Origin of yard2
Idioms and Phrases
the whole nine yards,
everything that is pertinent, appropriate, or available.
in all ways; in every respect; all the way.
If you want to run for mayor, I'll be with you the whole nine yards.
go yard, to hit a home run.
It looks as if he may go yard with this one—and he does, just inches from the foul pole!
Example Sentences
Miller reports that Mr. Thelma, who was found wandering in the rubble of their yard several days after their home on West Palm Street in Altadena was destroyed, is OK, but still won’t go outside.
Further shots went at his 15th and 16th holes before a first taste of the behemoth par-three eighth - playing at 276 yards - cost him a double bogey.
United's captain rarely makes a mistake from 12 yards, scoring 38 of 42 spot-kicks since joining, excluding shootouts.
The former Texas Christian star shook off a disappointing rookie season with 711 yards receiving and eight touchdowns on 55 catches last year.
Joint third and fifth on the list will be the seventh and 11th holes at the Los Angeles Country Club, which measured 299 and 297 yards respectively in round two of the 2023 US Open.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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