What does “yard” mean?
- 1
nounthe area of grass or ground around a house
The kids are playing in the back yard.
- 2
nouna unit of length equal to three feet, about 0.9 meters
The ball landed twenty yards away.
Yard at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /jɑrd/ · YARD
How to use “yard” correctly
In US English “yard” is the area around a house; British English usually says “garden”.
Common phrases with “yard”
- back yard
- front yard
- yard sale
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- backyard
- schoolyard
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