marshalling yard vs yard

yard vs marshalling yard

marshalling yard and yard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marshalling yard	Yes	No	No	No
yard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yard is a hypernym of marshalling yard; that is, yard is a word with a broader meaning than marshalling yard:

marshalling yard: a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded
yard: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

Other hypernyms of marshalling yard include railway yard, railyard.

marshalling yard (noun)	yard (noun)
a railway yard in which trains are assembled and goods are loaded	an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
	a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
	the enclosed land around a house or other building
	an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
	a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
	a tract of land where logs are accumulated
	a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
	a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
	the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

Difference between marshalling yard and yard

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