A cubic yard (symbol yd<sup>3</sup>) is an imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.
The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd<sup>3</sup>. A non-standard abbreviation is cu yd.
One cubic yard per second (1 yd<sup>3</sup>/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.
One cubic yard per minute (1 yd<sup>3</sup>/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.