Words · Very common
yard
/jɑɹd/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
- noun
the enclosed land around a house or other building
it was a small house with almost no yard
- noun
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
- noun
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
- noun
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)