backyard
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See also: back yard
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backyard (plural backyards)
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
- (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
- 1942, Wilfrid Hardy Callcott, The Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-1920[2], page 343:
- However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.
Usage notes[edit]
Note that backyard is most often written as a single word, while front yard is always written as two words.
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Related terms[edit]
- front yard
- garden (UK)
Translations[edit]
yard to the rear of a house
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