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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"
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A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or now especially within the precincts of a house or other building Wikipedia.
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An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e. g. on farms, railways etc.
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One’s house or home.
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A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
A yard is a unit of length in several different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches, although its length in SI units varied slightly from system to system. The most commonly used yard today is the international yard, which is defined to be exactly 0.9144 metre.
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yard A unit of length used throughout many systems equal to three feet (0,914 m), with symbol "yd".
yard A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or within the precincts of a house or other building.