backyard | (noun) the grounds in back of a house | - |
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barnyard | (noun) a yard adjoining a barn | - |
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boatyard | (noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
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brickyard | (noun) a place where bricks are made and sold | Synonyms: brickfield |
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churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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courtyard | (noun) an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings | Synonyms: court |
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dockyard | (noun) an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
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dooryard | (noun) a yard outside the front or rear door of a house | - |
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farmyard | (noun) an area adjacent to farm buildings | - |
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foreyard | (noun) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. | Synonyms: fore-yard |
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graveyard | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, cemetery, memorial park, necropolis |
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halyard | (noun) a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag | Synonyms: halliard |
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junkyard | (noun) a field where junk is collected and stored for resale | - |
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lanyard | (noun) (nautical) a line used for extending or fastening rigging on ships | Synonyms: laniard |
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(noun) a cord worn around the neck to hold a knife or whistle | Synonyms: laniard |
(noun) a cord with an attached hook that is used to fire certain types of cannon | Synonyms: laniard |
lumberyard | (noun) a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale | - |
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railyard | (noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, yard |
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schoolyard | (noun) the yard associated with a school | - |
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shipyard | (noun) a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
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steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
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stockyard | (noun) enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily | - |
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tiltyard | (noun) (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests | - |
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vineyard | (noun) a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced | Synonyms: vinery |
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wasteyard | (noun) a piece of land where waste materials are dumped | Synonyms: dump, dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard |
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yard | (noun) an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock) | - |
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(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 | Synonyms: curtilage, grounds |
(noun) an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines | Synonyms: railway yard, railyard |
(noun) a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings) | - |
(noun) a tract of land where logs are accumulated | - |
(noun) a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride | Synonyms: pace |
(noun) a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) | Synonyms: cubic yard |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 | Synonyms: 1000, chiliad, G, grand, K, M, one thousand, thou, thousand |