Collocations for yard - noun

front
back (usually backyard), rear (esp. BrE)
church (usually churchyard), farm (usually farmyard), kitchen (BrE), school (esp. AmE)
kids playing in the school yard

livery (BrE), stable
exercise, prison
The prisoners were taken to the exercise yard.

enter, leave
He entered the yard through the back gate.
I left our school yard at recess and ran home.

enclose, surround
The yard was enclosed by a high wire fence.

back (usually backyard), front, side
big, huge, large
small, tiny
fenced
I have a well fenced yard far away from roads.

mow, rake, water
My next-door neighbor was watering her yard.

landscape
I've landscaped my tiny front yard with tall grasses.

decorate
The outside yard was decorated with orange lights.

fence
The front yard is fenced for privacy.

cover
Most of the yard was covered with leaves.

cross
We crossed the yard to my house.

enter, leave
overlook
the huge bay window overlooking the yard

sale
I held a yard sale to get rid of my old stuff.

sign
The first Bush-Cheney yard sign appeared on my street last week.

in yard
She was standing in the yard.

the corner of the yard, the edge of the yard, the middle of the yard, the side of the yard

lumber (usually lumberyard), timber (BrE)
wood from a lumber yard

freight, marshalling (BrE), rail, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE)
boat (usually boatyard), ship (usually shipyard), shipbuilding
breaker's (BrE), junk (usually junkyard), salvage (esp. AmE), scrap (usually scrapyard)
The steam tug was on her way to the breaker's yard at the end of her naval service.
salvage yards with cars that are being sold for parts

repair, storage

a builder's yard, the knacker's yard (both BrE)
a horse condemned to the knacker's yard
The company is heading for the knacker's yard. (figurative)