Yard (disambiguation)
A yard is an imperial/US customary (non-metric) unit of length (3 feet).
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Yard may also refer to:
Other units of measurement
- Square yard, an imperial/US customary (non-metric) unit of area (9 square feet)
- Cubic yard, an imperial/US customary (non-metric) unit of volume (27 cubic feet)
- Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement
- Yard, used in British, South African, Forex, and money markets as slang for a thousand million units (short-scale billion, formerly milliard)
- Milliard, the number 1,000,000,000 (109)
Parcels of land
- Yard (land), an open or enclosed land area, traditionally adjacent to one or more buildings
- Backyard, the property behind a house, often fenced
- Barnyard, near a farm's barn
- Brickyard, a place where bricks are made or stored
- Churchyard, near a church
- Courtyard, surrounded by walls
- Front yard, the property in front of a house
- Graveyard, cemetery or burial ground
- Prison yard, a walled or fenced, often open-air space in a jail or prison
- Rail yard, complex of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading/unloading, railroad cars and/or locomotives
- Scotland Yard or "The Yard," headquarters for London's Metropolitan Police Service
- Stableyard, near a stable for horses
- Wrecking yard, also known as a scrapyard or junkyard
People
- Douglas Yard, appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998
- Ernie Yard (1941–2004), Scottish association footballer
- Molly Yard (1912–2005), American feminist of the late 20th century
- Robert Sterling Yard (1861–1945), American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist
Places in the United States
- The Yard (adventure playground), a children's playground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1949–c. 1950
- Yard, Texas
- The Yard (Hot Springs, Virginia)
- Yards, Virginia and West Virginia
- The Yard (Howard University), Washington, D.C.
- The Yards (Washington, D.C.)
- Yard (Portland, Oregon), an apartment building
Other
- Yard (sailing), a spar on a traditional sailing ship
- YARD (software), a documentation generator for the Ruby programming language
- Yards Brewing Company, a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Yardie, a Jamaican slang term
- The Yard (2011 TV series)
- Yard glass, an beer glass about a yard deep
See also
- The Quad (TV series), initially titled The Yard
- Shipyard (disambiguation)
- Stockyard (disambiguation)
- The Longest Yard (disambiguation)
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