yard vs railway yard

railway yard vs yard

yard and railway yard both are nouns.

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

As nouns, yard and railway yard are synonyms defined as:

yard and railway yard: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

Other synonyms of yard include railyard.

yard (noun)	railway yard (noun)
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)	an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
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

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