Cubic Yard (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel).
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The construction company ordered 500 cubic yards of gravel to pave the new parking lot.
- A standard dump truck can carry about 10 cubic yards of sand in a single load.
- The landscape designer calculated that the garden would require 200 cubic yards of topsoil to achieve the desired depth.
- The quarry produced over 10,000 cubic yards of crushed stone per day to meet the demand from local builders.
- To estimate the cost of materials, the contractor needed to know the volume of the excavation in cubic yards.