dooryard
3
7.9
- noun
- /ˈdʊrˌjɑrd/
- Archaic
:
patio
- It was supper time then; the road and the dooryards were deserted.
- dooryard gardens
- Last in the dooryard
Examples
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In a dooryard near the end of the line of cabins, old Toby
Fiction book (1998) -
Lita fell asleep again, and we three women sat in chairs that Janie dragged out into the dooryard, talking idly of nothing much, taking the sun.
Fiction book (1998) -
Even on Judith Street, the women try to make the dooryards pretty.
Academic text (1993) -
She included the flowers of the woods and fields, the dooryards and gardens.
Fiction book (1992) -
Flowers grew in abundance, spilling out of window boxes, baskets, pots, and dooryards.
Fiction book (2000) -
Harkers' cow barn loomed at the curve of the road; beyond it, the windmill marked the dooryard of the house.
Fiction book (1991) -
A mother hen and her fluffy chicks are scratching in the dooryard when Zhu Li arrives home.
Fiction book (2002) -
Dooryards were ablaze with phlox, marigolds, hollyhocks, and delphinium.
Fiction book (1999) -
Eenie Weaver has the fanciest dooryard, with a fine blue hydrangea in a tub... and love-entangled trailing from old pots suspended from the ceiling.
Academic text (1993) -
In the afternoons, they sit in the dooryard, framed by dark rose hollyhocks so tall they bend from the tops.
Synonyms
651
1.0
An area of land next to a building, often fenced, used for animals, work or play
How Big
651
1.0
- US
62
1.0
- Archaic
3
7.9
426
1.0
- US
37
3.9
126
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dooryard is a simple compound of door and yard, so it literally means the 'area by the door'. That's why a dooryard is the small yard or open space right outside a house's front or back door.