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dooryard

noun
door·​yard | \ ˈdȯr-ˌyärd How to pronounce dooryard (audio) \

Definition of dooryard

: a yard next to the door of a house

Examples of dooryard in a Sentence

flowers blooming in the dooryard

Recent Examples on the Web

 Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times. — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, "Visitors Tour Stanley-Whitman House," 13 July 2017

First Known Use of dooryard

circa 1764, in the meaning defined above

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dooryard

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English Language Learners Definition of dooryard

US : a yard next to the door of a house

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