Unscramble yard

Definition of yard

noun:

• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. Synonyms: pace.
• the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard". Synonyms: curtilage, grounds.
• a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town".
• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. Synonyms: 1000, G, K, M, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thou, thousand.
• a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel). Synonyms: cubic yard.
• 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. Synonyms: railway yard, railyard.
• 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).

Related words

backyard, barnyard, churchyard, dooryard, farmyard, garden, junkyard, millenary, playground, schoolyard, stockyard, tiltyard.

Words nearby

bard, card, dard, hard, lard, nard, sard, ward, yarn.

Rhymes with

bard, barred, bernard, bombard, canard, card, chard, discard, disregard, girard, godard, guard, hard, lard, marred, nard, regard, retard, retard, scarred.