stockyard

noun

stock·​yard ˈstäk-ˌyärd 

: a yard for stock

specifically : one in which transient cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping

Examples of stockyard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface. —Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025

Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard. —Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024

Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024

The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close. After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders. —Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stockyard

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard

Kids Definition

stockyard

noun

stock·​yard ˈstäk-ˌyärd 

: a yard in which livestock are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping