A yard is a measurement of length in the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or .

Yard may also refer to:

Parcels of land

  • Yard (land), a land area traditionally adjacent to one or more buildings
  • Backyard, the property behind a house
  • Front yard, the property in front of a house
  • Rail yard, a complex of railroad tracks for railroad cars and locomotives

Places

  • Scotland Yard or The Yard, headquarters for London's Metropolitan Police Service
  • The Yard (adventure playground), a former playground in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Yard Peak, a summit in Utah
  • Yard, Texas
  • Yard (Portland, Oregon), an apartment building
  • The Yard (Hot Springs, Virginia), a historic estate home
  • Yards, Virginia and West Virginia
  • The Yards (Washington, D.C.), a development on the Anacostia River waterfront
  • The Yard (Howard University), a quadrangle on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  • The Yard Theatre, a theatre and music venue in London, England

Other uses

  • Yard (sailing), a spar on a traditional sailing ship
  • YARD (software), a documentation generator for the Ruby programming language
  • The Yard (2011 TV series)
  • The Yard (2016 TV series) or The Quad
  • Yard (album), 2023 album by Slow Pulp
  • The Yard (podcast), a podcast hosted by popular streamer Ludwig Ahgren
  • Yards Brewing Company, a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Megalithic yard, a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement
  • Yard glass, a beer glass about a yard deep
  • 1,000,000,000 or yard

People with the surname

  • Douglas Yard, judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba
  • Ernie Yard (1941–2004), Scottish association footballer
  • Molly Yard (1912–2005), American feminist of the late 20th century
  • Robert Sterling Yard (1861–1945), American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist

See also

  • A yard is a common Slang term for money when discussing the United States dollar. When discussing small bills, a "yard" is a hundred dollar bill. In larger, Foreign exchange market discussions, a yard is a billion dollars.
  • Barnyard, near a farm's barn
  • Brickyard, a place where bricks are made or stored
  • Churchyard, near a church
  • Courtyard, surrounded by walls
  • Cubic yard, a unit of volume
  • Graveyard, cemetery or burial ground
  • The Longest Yard (disambiguation)
  • Schoolyard, are for teaching, extracurricular and other activities at a school
  • Shipyard (disambiguation)
  • Square yard, a unit of area
  • Stockyard (disambiguation)
  • Stableyard, near a stable for horses
  • Wrecking yard, also known as a scrapyard or junkyard
  • Yardie, a Jamaican slang term