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English noun: yard | |||
| 1. | yard (quantity) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit | ||
| Part holonym | foot, ft | ||
| Part meronym | chain, fathom, fthm, lea, perch, pole, rod | ||
| 2. | yard (artifact) the enclosed land around a house or other building | ||
| Samples | It was a small house with almost no yard. | ||
| Synonyms | curtilage, grounds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | field | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backyard, dooryard, front yard, garden, playground, side yard | ||
| 3. | yard (location) a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) | ||
| Samples | They opened a repair yard on the edge of town. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | churchyard, God's acre, junkyard, schoolyard, tiltyard | ||
| 4. | yard (quantity) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | ||
| Synonyms | 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | large integer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | millenary | ||
| 5. | yard (quantity) a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) | ||
| Synonyms | cubic yard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit | ||
| 6. | yard (location) a tract of land where logs are accumulated | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| 7. | yard (artifact) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | ||
| Synonyms | railway yard, railyard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | marshalling yard | ||
| 8. | yard (artifact) a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | main yard | ||
| Part holonym | yardarm | ||
| Part meronym | sailing ship, sailing vessel | ||
| 9. | yard (artifact) an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enclosure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barnyard, chicken run, chicken yard, farmyard, fowl run, hen yard, stockyard | ||
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