stockyard
nounUK /ˈstɒk.jɑːd/
US /ˈstɑːk.jɑːrd/
A place where farm animals are kept for a short time before being sold or taken away.
The cows waited in the stockyard before the truck arrived.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A large railway yard where trains are sorted and stored.
The old stockyard was full of idle freight cars.
3. An area where goods or materials are stored temporarily.
The lumber stockyard held stacks of fresh timber.
4. A place where animals are fattened before market.
Farmers brought their pigs to the stockyard for weighing.