How do you use the word "yard" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "yard": Give him an inch and he'll take a yard. Didn't you see a dog pass through the yard?

Yard Meaning

/ˈjɑːd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

nounThe property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

Sentence Examples

Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

Didn't you see a dog pass through the yard?

They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

grounds

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The small garden measured ten ____ in width, so it was easy to maintain.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The children were playing in the several ____ behind the house while their parents were having some tea today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Proto-West Germanic *gard Old English ġeard Middle English yerd English yard From Middle English yerd, yard, ȝerd, ȝeard, from Old English ġeard (“yard, garden, fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). See also North Frisian guard, Guart (“garden, yard”), Dutch gaard, gaarde (“garden, yard”), German Garten (“garden, yard”), Danish, Swedish gård (“farm, estate, land; court, yard”), Faroese, Icelandic garður (“garden; fence”), Norn gart (“farm”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gard, gård (“farm; townhouse”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards, “court, yard; house”), Lithuanian gardas (“pen, enclosure”), Russian го́род (górod, “town”), Serbo-Croatian grad (“town”), Slovene grad (“castle”), Albanian gardh (“fence”), Romanian gard (“fence”), Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬵𐬀 (gərədha, “dev's cave”), Sanskrit गृह (gṛha, “house, habitation, home, dwelling”)), Medieval Latin gardinus, jardinus (“garden, yard”). Doublet of garden, garth, and gord.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed." — 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

"A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard." — 1931, Francis Beeding, “2/2”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:

"Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases." — 1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:

"Man’s devilish cunt, tell me nutting about friends, that’s dead Cuz I run up in yards, No vest, tryna ching man’s chest And leave him dead" — 2020 December 15, “We Paid (Remix)”, performed by #GS28 Goose, 0:15–0:21:

"As they reached the door, Bose, having yarded the cows, was stealing around the corner of the pig-sty, and making for the woods." — 1893, Elijah Kellogg, Good old times, or, Grandfather's struggles for a homestead:

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