Synonyms for Yard
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1. yard, pacenoun

   a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

   Synonyms:
   footstep, cubic yard, one thousand, gait, tread, railyard, railway yard, pace, grounds, step, tempo, thou, curtilage, grand, thousand, rate, yard, stride, chiliad

2. yard, grounds, curtilagenoun

   the enclosed land around a house or other building

   "it was a small house with almost no yard"

   Synonyms:
   reason, cause, cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, evidence, grand

3. yardnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, grand

4. thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou, yardnoun

   the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

   Synonyms:
   railyard, megabyte, special K, green, guanine, gigabyte, super C, kibibyte, potassium, thousand, mebibyte, g-force, metre, cat valium, universal gravitational constant, atomic number 19, gibibyte, railway yard, kB, curtilage, grounds, yard, grand, super acid, kelvin, gramme, pace, kilobyte, gee, chiliad, cubic yard, molar concentration, deoxyguanosine monophosphate, molarity, meter, honey oil, constant of gravitation, gravitational constant, one thousand, gram, grand piano, thou, gm, jet

5. cubic yard, yardnoun

   a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, grand

6. yardnoun

   a tract of land where logs are accumulated

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, grand

7. yard, railway yard, railyardnoun

   an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, yard, grand

8. yardnoun

   a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, grand

9. yardnoun

   an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

   Synonyms:
   cubic yard, chiliad, pace, curtilage, thousand, grounds, one thousand, railway yard, thou, railyard, grand

Matched Categories

1. • Enclosure
   • Field
   • Large Integer
   • Linear Unit
   • Spar
   • Tract
   • Volume Unit

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1. take something in stride

   to cope with something unfortunate without much effort; to accept or manage difficulties well.

   he took it in stride when they attempted to ostracize him

   Submitted by anonymous on April 7, 2020  

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1. yardnoun

   Synonyms:
   enclosure, COMPOUND

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1. yardnoun

   Synonyms:
   three feet, enclosure, court, area, garth, courtyard, quadrangle, curtilage (Law)

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1. List of paraphrases for "yard":

   triage, garden, courtyard, patio, backyard, sorting, court, jardin, square, shunting, marshalling, yards, shipyard, al-haidari, chantier, verge

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How to use Yard in a sentence?

1. Unknown:

   He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.

2. Kimberly Milligan:

   Ricardo Ross never saw a bike in the front yard... Ricardo Ross never saw a skateboard... A scooter... Ricardo Ross never saw that, these children that Both Turpins saw who I believe were the ones in their 20’s... Social, mentally, emotionally... They are not in their 20’s. A woman who identified Kimberly Milligan to the Daily Mail as Louise's sister said she had n’t seen her relative in 19 years, and never got an invite to do so.

3. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department:

   The vehicle was fully involved with fire on arrival, and took a significant amount of time, water, and thinking outside the box to extinguish, crews knocked the fire down, but the car kept re-igniting and off-gassing in the battery compartment. Working with the on-site wrecking yard personnel, the Tesla was moved on its side to gain access to the battery compartment underneath.

4. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed. (On appeasement)

5. Danielle Hecker:

   We've just been cutting people's trees down in their yard because the insurance isn't going to cover that and we've been taking care of that and we've been going through like a swarm of locusts taking all these trees down.