yard
/jɑrd/
noun
- An area of ground next to a building, usually with grass or hard surface, used for outdoor activities or gardening.
- The children are playing in the yard after school.
- She hung the laundry out to dry in the yard.
- We planted a small vegetable garden in the backyard.
- A unit of length equal to 3 feet or about 0.914 meters.
- The football field is 100 yards long.
- He bought three yards of fabric for the curtains.
- The swimming pool is 25 yards in length.
- An enclosed area used for a specific business or industrial purpose, such as storing materials or vehicles.
- The train yard was full of freight cars waiting to be loaded.
- They drove the scrap metal to the recycling yard.
- The construction company keeps its equipment in a storage yard.