yard
/jɑːd/ noun [C] (written abbreviation yd)Definition
› MEASURES a unit of measurement equal to 3 feet or 91.4 centimetres
› an area of land next to buildings used for a particular purpose such as building, storing, or selling goods: a builders' yard
→ See also dockyard, salvage yard, shipyard, stockyard(Definition of yard noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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