A cubic yard (symbol yd<sup>3</sup>) is an imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
Symbols and abbreviations
The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd<sup>3</sup>.