sq yd

1. 1.

   a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square

   Synonymssquare yard

   Broaderarea unit

Questions about sq yd

What does sq yd mean?

sq yd means "a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square".

What is another word for sq yd?

Close synonyms include square yard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sq yd a common word?

sq yd is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.