The Meaning of yard

• (v. i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
• (v. i.) A branch; a twig.
• (v. i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
• (v. i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
• (v. i.) The penis.
• (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.
• (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
• (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
• (v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.

Homophones

yarde

Rhymes

alard , archard , ard , avant-garde , backyard , bard , barde , barnard , barnyard , barred , beauregard , bedard , belgard , bellard , benard , bernard , berrard , bevard , billard , blowhard , blvd , boatyard , bodyguard , boilard , bolyard , bombard , bossard , bouchard , bouffard , boulevard , bovard , bozard , brickyard , brossard , bunyard , burchard , burnard , buzard , byard , canard , card , chard , charred , chouinard , churchyard , courtyard , deckard , denard , dennard , dewaard , diehard , dillard , disbarred , discard , disregard , dockyard , eckard , eckhard , ekkehard , farmyard , gabbard , gallard , garard , gard , garde , gaspard , gerard , gerhard , giard , gibbard , girard , giscard , godard , gossard , graveyard , guard , guerard , guichard , hard , hildegarde , hypercard , icard , jarrard , jarred , junkyard , lard , lazard , leotard , lifeguard , lumberyard , maillard , marquard , marred , mccard , menard , nard , parde , picard , pickard , postcard , regard , renard , rennard , retard , revard , ricard , rocard , safeguard , scarred , schoolyard , scorecard , shard , shipyard , sparred , stockyard , suchard , tarred , vanguard , wildcard , willyard , yarde