yards
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
An inflected form of yard · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,620 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,193 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride also: pace
- the enclosed land around a house or other building also: grounds, curtilage it was a small house with almost no yard
- 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
- the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 also: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad
- a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) also: cubic yard
- a tract of land where logs are accumulated
yards in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The mass of beings 600 yards in diameter, the scaffold being the center.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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He hung back, and she came out alone and paused within a few yards of him.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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When you have gone about a hundred yards into the wood the wild beasts will surround you.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Johnston was a few yards ahead of him and stooped to pick up something glittering in the moonlight.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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We had several spare yards, a spare topmast or two, and two or three large spars of wood.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1