From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Household, Outdoor, Gardeningbackyardback‧yard, back yard /ˌbækˈjɑːd◂ $ -ˈjɑːrd◂/ noun [countable]1British EnglishDHDLO a small area behind a house, covered with a hard surface2American EnglishDHDLG an area of land behind a house, often covered with grass
The old man grew vegetables in his backyard.3 →in somebody’s own backyard4 →not in my backyard —backyard adjective [only before noun]
a backyard poolExamples from the Corpusbackyard• Similarly, Jane wrote a little book about what she saw in her backyard.• It transpired in backyards and on doorsteps and inside offices as well as in the classroom.• Tiffany Ball kept shootingSaturdayafternoon on the little backyardcourt, shooting long after her hotstreak had ended.• They have a big stockmarket in their own backyard.• It was the closest he could come to religion: this sense of something in the backyard at night.• In the backyards were the brick wash-houses and the coalbunkers.• He got up and left the terrace, walked right out of the backyard, turned left.• He could see a tinybackyard with a scrap of lawn and a few flowers.
