yards

yard[ ja:dz ]

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

    同义词：pace

  • the enclosed land around a house or other building

    "it was a small house with almost no yard"

    同义词：groundscurtilage

  • 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"

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

    同义词：railway yard

  • an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
  • a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

    同义词：cubic yard

  • a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
  • the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

    同义词：thousandone thousand1000MKchiliadGgrandthou

  • a tract of land where logs are accumulated