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A yard is a measurement of length in the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement, that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches (91 cm).

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 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

• 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