Word: yard

n

• a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
• 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"
• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
• a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
• an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
• an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
• the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

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