Synonyms:
yard, pace
Meaning: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Synonyms:
yard, grounds, curtilage
Meaning: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
Synonyms:
yard
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
in the poultry yard?'
The door in the yard was not locked.
You're only fit for the knacker's yard.
Within a yard of me stood Mr. Edgar Vaughan.
"There's a yard and a fence, but no entrance.
The keeper of the yard came running toward them.
He must have been within a yard of me when he fell.
'Well, leave it all and come with me over the yard.
Going along the passage they issued into the main yard.
"Look!" David shouted, "the line's broken in our back yard!"