Yard Front Prisoners Playing Area Extra Examples Noun

• they have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.
• my next-door neighbor was watering her yard.
• the prisoners were made to line up in the prison yard.
• the children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.

yard

1. a piece of land next to or around your house where you can grow flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc., usually with a lawn (= an area of grass)
• SEE ALSO backyard (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/backyard#backyard_sng_2
• They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.
• My next-door neighbor was watering her yard.

Extra Examples

• He entered the yard through the back gate.
• I've landscaped my tiny front yard with tall grasses.
• Most of the yard was covered with leaves.
• She was standing in the yard.
• The front yard is fenced for privacy.
• We crossed the yard to my house.
• the huge bay window overlooking the yard
• I had to cut the grass in the yard.
• Two houses in the street had yard signs, one for Trump and one for Clinton.
• The outside yard was decorated with orange lights.
2. an area outside a building, usually with a hard surface and a surrounding wall
• SEE ALSO backyard (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/backyard#backyard_sng_1
• The prisoners were made to line up in the prison yard.
• The children were playing in the yard at the front of the school.

Extra Examples

• I left our school yard at recess and ran home.
• The prisoners were taken to the exercise yard.
• The yard was enclosed by a high wire fence.
• kids playing in the school yard
• They rode out of the stable yard.
3. an area of land used for a special purpose or business
• SEE ALSO knacker’s yard
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/knacker-s-yard
• a boat yard

Extra Examples

• a construction yard
• wood from a lumber yard
• The steam tug was on her way to the breaker's yard at the end of her naval service.
4. a unit for measuring length, equal to 3 feet (36 inches) or 0.9144 of a metre
• They still live within yards of each other.
• a beautiful white dress with yards and yards of fabric
• The accident happened less than 50 yards from his home.
5. a long piece of wood fastened to a mast that supports a sail on a boat or ship
6. used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more
7. everything, or a situation which includes everything
• When Dan cooks dinner he always goes the whole nine yards, with three courses and a choice of dessert.

Word Origin

• senses 4 to 5 Old English gerd (in sense (5)), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gard ‘twig, rod’ and German Gerte.