yard


Meanings

  • a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
  • the enclosed land around a house or other building;
    • "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • 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
  • a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • YARD v -ED, -ING, -S to put in a yard (a tract of ground adjacent to a building)


Scrabble Score: 8

yard is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

yard is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

yard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

yard is a valid Words With Friends word