yard

An area of land outside and around a house, often with grass or space to play.

• The dog is in the yard.
• We planted flowers in our front yard.
• The children played in the neighbors' yards after school.

Similar words: garden

Common phrases: front yard, back yard, in the yard, yard fence

A unit for measuring length, equal to three feet or about 91 centimetres.

• The gate is one yard wide.
• We walked a hundred yards to the bus stop.
• She bought three yards of cotton for a dress.

Common phrases: one yard long, a yard away, a square yard, yard of fabric

A long wooden bar attached across a ship's mast to hold a sail.

• The sail hangs from the yard.
• Sailors raised the heavy wooden yard.
• The storm broke two yards on the main mast.

Common phrases: square yard, lower yard, main yard, yard and sail

One billion units of a currency, used by people who trade money.

• They traded a yard of dollars.
• The bank sold two yards of yen.
• She hedged half a yard of euros before the announcement.

How to use it: a yard of something (The dealer bought a yard of yen.)

Similar words: billion

Common phrases: a yard of, half a yard, a dollar yard