Backyard Meaning
/bækˈjɑːd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
nounA 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.
Sentence Examples
My backyard can hold more than ten people.
The children were playing in the backyard.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The children built a treehouse in the spacious ____ behind their home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The many children were playing a game of tag in the large ____.
Word Origin & History
From back + yard.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I think when I discovered this republic, which is in Nevada - in one man's house and backyard and front garden - I think I stumbled across what for me really typifies the whole micronational movement."
— 2006 November 1, Alex Chadwick, “'Lonely Planet' Explores Micronations”, in NPR, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2025:
"The entire beach was my backyard, from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north."
— 2005, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Symptoms of withdrawal: a memoir of snapshots and redemption, →ISBN, page 18:
"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."
— 1942, Wilfrid Hardy Callcott, The Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-1920, page 343:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The children built a treehouse in the spacious ____ behind their home.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The many children were playing a game of tag in the large ____.