n.
1.a unit of length equal to 3 feet
2.the enclosed land around a house or other building
3.a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
4.an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
5.an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
6.a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
7.a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
8.the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Idiom of the Day
take in (someone) or take (someone) in
to let someone come in, to admit someone
The farmer took the couple in for the night after their car stopped working.
