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âºâº Definition: Cubic yard. The cubic yard (symbols yd, cu. yd.) is a nonmetric unit of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one yard in length.
Suppose you use U.S. measure to figure the weight of a water tank one yard on a side - a cubic yard of water. Well, a yard is 3 feet, so a cubic yard is 27 cubic feet, and a cubic foot of water weighs about 62.4 pounds, so 62.4 x 27 gives you about - well, about 1685 pounds.