Quick definitions from WordNet (yard)
▸ noun: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
▸ noun: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
▸ noun: the enclosed land around a house or other building ("It was a small house with almost no yard")
▸ noun: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
▸ noun: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
▸ noun: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13128)
▸ Also see yard
▸ noun: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
▸ noun: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
▸ noun: the enclosed land around a house or other building ("It was a small house with almost no yard")
▸ noun: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
▸ noun: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
▸ noun: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #13128)
▸ Also see yard