yard
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- pace derivation
Sense 2 noun
the enclosed land around a house or other building
it was a small house with almost no yard
Types & categories
- field hypernym
- backyard hyponym
- dooryard hyponym
- front yard hyponym
- garden hyponym
- playground hyponym
- side yard hyponym
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- tract hypernym
- junkyard hyponym
- schoolyard hyponym
- churchyard hyponym
- tiltyard hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Types & categories
- large integer hypernym
- millenary hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
Types & categories
- volume unit hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a tract of land where logs are accumulated
Types & categories
- tract hypernym
Sense 7 noun
an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
Types & categories
- tract hypernym
- marshalling yard hyponym
Sense 8 noun
a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sailing vessel part holonym
- yardarm part meronym
Sense 9 noun
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
Types & categories
- enclosure hypernym
- barnyard hyponym
- chicken yard hyponym
- farmyard hyponym
- stockyard hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pace |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | perch |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chain |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lea |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | fathom |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ft |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | field |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backyard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dooryard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | front yard |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | playground |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | side yard |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | junkyard |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolyard |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | churchyard |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiltyard |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | large integer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | millenary |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | volume unit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | tract |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | marshalling yard |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | sailing vessel |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yardarm |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | spar |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | main yard |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | enclosure |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | barnyard |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicken yard |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | farmyard |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | stockyard |