Definition of yard

"yard" in the noun sense

1. yard, pace

a unit of length equal to 3 feet defined as 91.44 centimeters originally taken to be the average length of a stride

2. yard, grounds, curtilage

the enclosed land around a house or other building

"it was a small house with almost no yard"

3. 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"

4. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yard

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

5. cubic yard, yard

a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

6. yard

a tract of land where logs are accumulated

7. yard, railway yard, railyard

an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

8. yard

a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

9. yard

an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

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Quotations for yard

A hot May fills the church-yard. [ Proverb ]

A green winter makes a fat church-yard. [ Proverb ]

Choke up, child, the church-yard's nigh. [ Proverb ]

Let the church have leave to stand in the church-yard. [ Proverb ]

The female heart is just like a new india-rubber shoe; you may pull and pull at it till it stretches out a yard long; and then let go, and it will fly right back to its old shape. [ Judge Haliburton ]

The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by itself. One baby can, furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can attend to. He is enterprising, irrepressible, brimful of lawless activities. [ Mark Twain, The Babies ]

yard in Scrabble®

The word yard is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters yard:

YARD
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DRAY
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word yard

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The 138 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In yard

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yard in Words With Friends™

The word yard is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters yard:

DRAY
(39)
YARD
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The 148 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In yard

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Words within the letters of yard

2 letter words in yard (4 words)

3 letter words in yard (4 words)

4 letter words in yard (Anagrams) (2 words)

Word Growth involving yard

Shorter words in yard

ar yar

ya yar

Longer words containing yard

backyard backyards

barnyard barnyards

bleachyard bleachyards

boatyard boatyards

boneyard boneyards

brickyard brickyards

churchyard churchyards

coalyard coalyards

courtyard courtyards

dockyard dockyards

dyeyard dyeyards

farmyard farmyards

feedyard feedyards

foreyard foreyards

freightyard freightyards

frontyard

graveyard graveyards

jailyard jailyards

junkyard junkyards

lanyard

lumberyard lumberyards

mainyard mainyards

railyard railyards

schoolyard schoolyards

scrapyard scrapyards

shipyard shipyards

steelyard steelyards

stockyard stockyards

switchyard switchyards

tanyard tanyards

tiltyard tiltyards

timberyard timberyards

tramyard tramyards

vineyard vineyarding

vineyard vineyardist vineyardists

vineyard vineyards

yardage yardages

yardarm yardarms

yardbird yardbirds

yarded

yarding vineyarding

yardman

yardmaster yardmasters

yardmen

yards backyards

yards barnyards

yards bleachyards

yards boatyards

yards boneyards

yards brickyards

yards churchyards

yards coalyards

yards courtyards

yards dockyards

yards dyeyards

yards farmyards

yards feedyards

yards foreyards

yards freightyards

yards graveyards

yards jailyards

yards junkyards

yards lumberyards

yards mainyards

yards railyards

yards schoolyards

yards scrapyards

yards shipyards

yards steelyards

yards stockyards

yards switchyards

yards tanyards

yards tiltyards

yards timberyards

yards tramyards

yards vineyards

yards yardstick yardsticks

yardwand yardwands