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Yard   /jɑrd/   Listen
Yard

noun
1.
A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride.  Synonym: pace.
2.
The enclosed land around a house or other building.  Synonyms: curtilage, grounds.
3.
A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings).
4.
The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.  Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand.
5.
A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel).  Synonym: cubic yard.
6.
A tract of land where logs are accumulated.
7.
An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.  Synonyms: railway yard, railyard.
8.
A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen.
9.
An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock).



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"Yard" Quotes from Famous Books



... To Re-pot House-Plants. On laying out Yards. Gardens. Flower-Beds. Bulbs and Tuberous Roots. List of Various Kinds of Flowers, in Reference to Color, and Height. Annuals. Climbing Plants. Perennials. Herbaceous Roots. Shrubs; List of those most suitable for adorning a Yard. Roses; Varieties of. Shade-Trees. Time for Transplanting. Trees. Care of House ...
— A Treatise on Domestic Economy - For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School • Catherine Esther Beecher
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... for camp on the trot. Emett and I kept even with him. Words were superfluous. We knew what was coming. A made—to—order lion trail could not have equalled the one right in the back yard of our camp. ...
— Tales of lonely trails • Zane Grey
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... taking the ring, "secure that rapier, and be careful with it. We will have its point tested. Meantime," — here he turned again to his prisoner — "I give you warning that the moment I leave this house, I go to Scotland Yard. — Do you know the place? I there recommend the police to look after you, and they will mind what I say. If you leave London, a message will be sent, wherever you go, that you had better be watched. My advice to you is, to stay where you are as long ...
— David Elginbrod • George MacDonald
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... own that they believe in ghosts. Yet most of us would be less sure about it in a grave-yard at midnight than on ...
— The Crime of the French Cafe and Other Stories • Nicholas Carter
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... eight years of age at that time, and it was only afterwards, and when he grew old enough to know more of the ins and outs of the matter, that he could remember by bits and pieces the things that afterwards happened; how one evening a knight came clattering into the court-yard upon a horse, red-nostrilled and smeared with the sweat and foam of a desperate ride—Sir John Dale, a dear friend of the ...
— Men of Iron • Ernie Howard Pyle
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