Antonyms for
yard
A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
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All Definitions for Yard

Below are all the dictionary definitions of yard:

1A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
2The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.
3An enclosed outdoors area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.
4A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
5One’s house or home.
6To confine to a yard.
7A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).
8Units of similar composition or length in other systems.
9Any spar carried aloft.
10A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.
11100 dollars.
12To move a yard at a time, as opposed to inching along.
1310⁹, A short scale billion
14A long scale thousand millions or milliard.
15One hundred, usually referring to currency or money's worth.
16A branch, twig, or shoot.
17A staff, rod, or stick.
18A penis.
19The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.
20The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+¹⁄₂ feet.
21The rood, area bound by a square rod, ¹⁄₄ acre.
22Jamaica
23The Metropolitan Police Service
24Scotland Yard or New Scotland Yard
25Ellipsis of square yard, a unit of area
26Common with textiles. [A unit of area (abbreviation sq yd or sq. yd.) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are one yard long (i.e. 3 feet by 3 feet or 9 square feet).]
27Ellipsis of cubic yard, a unit of volume
28Common in mining and earthmoving. [A unit of volumetric measurement equivalent to a cube one yard in each dimension.]

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About antonyms for yard

Finding the right antonym for yard helps writers create contrast, clarify meaning, and add depth to their work. Defined as "A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.", yard has 0 opposite words that can be used to express contrasting ideas.

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