Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US)A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.

    Hinterhof

    за́дний дворzádnij dvor

    за́днє подві́р'яzádnje podvírʺja

  2. (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.

  3. (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.

More definitions
  • the grounds in back of a house

Examples

470 sentences
  1. Tom is playing in the backyard.

    Том грає на подвір'ї. — deniko

    ruТом играет на заднем дворе. — marafon

  2. Tom planted three trees in his backyard.

    Том посадив три дерева у себе в саду. — deniko

  3. Tom found three gold coins in his backyard.

    Том знайшов три золоті монети у своєму дворі. — deniko

  4. My grandmother was pulling up weeds in her backyard.

    Моя бабця полола бур'яни на задньому подвір'ї. — mutternoise

    ruМоя бабушка пропалывала сорняки на заднем дворе. — mutternoise

    deMeine Oma jätete im Hintergarten Unkraut. — xtofu80

  5. I'm in the backyard.

    Я в саду. — deniko

    ruЯ на заднем дворе. — marafon

    deIch bin im Garten. — Mutusen

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
yard to the rear of a house:
Русский
By meaning 1
yard to the rear of a house:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
yard to the rear of a house:

Origin

From back + yard.

From back + yard.

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Forms

plural: backyards

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • in his backyard
  • in the backyard
  • in our backyard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backyard — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto