Examples of “yard” in a Sentence

noun An outdoor area next to or enclosed by a building, often with a lawn or garden.

• The kids spent the whole afternoon playing in the back yard.
• She hung the washing out in the yard to dry.
• Our cat likes to sleep on the warm stones in the yard.

noun A fenced area used for a specific purpose, such as storage or livestock.

• The old railway yard was full of rusting freight cars.
• The builders kept their bricks and timber in a fenced yard behind the shop.
• Hundreds of old cars were stacked in the scrap yard.

noun A unit of length equal to three feet (about 0.914 meters).

• He measured out ten yards of fabric for the curtains.
• The goalkeeper stood about ten yards from the penalty spot.
• She needs another yard of ribbon to finish wrapping the gift.

verb To confine an animal or vehicle to a yard.

• The cattle were yarded overnight before the market.
• The farmer yarded the sheep before the storm arrived.
• Please yard the horses by sunset so they stay safe overnight.