yard² /yärd/

1. An enclosed place, esp near a building, often in compounds such as ‘backyard’, ‘courtyard’, ‘farmyard’ and ‘prison-yard’, or a place where any special work is carried on, as in ‘brickyard’, ‘woodyard’ and ‘dockyard’
2. A garden

To enclose in a yard

yardˈage noun

The use of a yard, or the charge made for such

yardˈbird noun (US sl)

1. A convict
2. A recruit
3. A soldier confined to camp or required to carry out some menial task as a punishment

yard-long bean noun

The asparagus bean

yardˈman noun

1. A person in charge of a farmyard
2. A person employed in a marshalling yard in making up trains, etc
3. A person employed to do gardening and other outdoor tasks (US)

yardˈ-master noun

A person in charge of a marshalling yard

yard sale noun (N American)

A sale of second-hand goods, usu held in the owner's garden

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