yard
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
Other meanings
An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
Synonyms
- grounds
A kind of
- field
Kinds of yard
- front yard
- garden
- side yard
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ġeard" (yard, garden, fence, enclosure).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “yard” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.