Definitions

yard

[yahrd] / yɑrd /

NOUN

grassy area around a structure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backyard courtyard garden grass lawn lot patch patio playground

STRONG

barnyard clearing close corral court enclosure fold quadrangle terrace

Example Sentences

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He felt, with far more of gentleness, that the earth is only our CARPENTER'S YARD, not our BUILDING-GROUND.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

"YARD?" he queried, "in the middle of a street?"

From Pollyanna Grows Up by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

YARD, s. a garden for flowers; pot herbs.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

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