vegetable garden | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. kitchen garden, vegetable garden, vegetable patch | a small garden where vegetables are grown. |
| ~ garden | a plot of ground where plants are cultivated. |
| ~ victory garden | a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages. |
yard | | |
n. (quantity) | 1. pace, yard | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ ft, foot | a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.; "he is six feet tall" |
| ~ perch, rod, pole | a linear measure of 16.5 feet. |
| ~ chain | a unit of length. |
| ~ lea | a unit of length of thread or yarn. |
| ~ fathom, fthm | a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth. |
n. (artifact) | 2. curtilage, grounds, yard | the enclosed land around a house or other building.; "it was a small house with almost no yard" |
| ~ backyard | the grounds in back of a house. |
| ~ dooryard | a yard outside the front or rear door of a house. |
| ~ front yard | the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street. |
| ~ garden | a yard or lawn adjoining a house. |
| ~ playground | yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play. |
| ~ side yard | the grounds at either side of a house. |
| ~ field | a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.; "he planted a field of wheat" |
n. (location) | 3. yard | 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" |
| ~ junkyard | a field where junk is collected and stored for resale. |
| ~ schoolyard | the yard associated with a school. |
| ~ churchyard, god's acre | the yard associated with a church. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
| ~ tiltyard | (formerly) an enclosed field for tilting contests. |
n. (quantity) | 4. 1000, chiliad, g, grand, k, m, one thousand, thou, thousand, yard | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100. |
| ~ large integer | an integer equal to or greater than ten. |
| ~ millenary | a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years). |
n. (quantity) | 5. cubic yard, yard | a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel). |
| ~ capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity. |
n. (location) | 6. yard | a tract of land where logs are accumulated. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
n. (artifact) | 7. railway yard, railyard, yard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines. |
| ~ marshalling yard | a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded. |
| ~ parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel | an extended area of land. |
n. (artifact) | 8. yard | a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen. |
| ~ main yard | yard for a square mainsail. |
| ~ sailing ship, sailing vessel | a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts. |
| ~ spar | a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging. |
| ~ yardarm | either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship. |
n. (artifact) | 9. yard | an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock). |
| ~ barnyard | a yard adjoining a barn. |
| ~ chicken run, chicken yard, fowl run, hen yard | an enclosed yard for keeping poultry. |
| ~ enclosure | a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose. |
| ~ farmyard | an area adjacent to farm buildings. |
| ~ stockyard | enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily. |
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