square yard

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. : yd 2 , sq. yd.

Example Sentences

There isn't a single square yard of that whole belt but is equipped with a torpedo.

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For the remaining hours of daylight we searched, leaving not a square yard of ground uninvestigated for a radius of miles.

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See what the landscape would be, how much earlier spring would come to it, if every square yard of it was alike moist and fertile.

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Dress goods—silk over $1.50 a square yard; cotton over 50 cents a square yard, and wool over $2 per square yard.

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It is quite expensive, costing sixty cents a square yard, which is one of the reasons why it is seldom used.

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