yard
/ˈjɑɹd/ noun C2- A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
- Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
- Any spar carried aloft.
- 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 last two hang obliquely.
- 100 dollars.
- A tall, slender, hollow receptacle or tool.
Plural yards
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then they lifted him up and flew away with him to the Witch’s castle, where he was placed in a small yard with a high iron fence around it, so that he could not escape.
The Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow are destroyed, and the Lion is tied up in your yard.
Matthew opened the yard gate for them and as they drove slowly through, he said, to nobody in particular as it seemed:
A young Pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep.
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