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farmyard

farmyard

5 1.7
An open area next to farm buildings where farmers keep animals and tools
  • noun
  • /ˈfɑrmˌjɑrd/
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  • The truck backed into the farmyard, crunching across the gravel, chickens scattering from under its wheels.
  • farmyard manure

The feeling of other ointment on her skin as protection against harsh farmyard winters.

Examples

  • Indoors, all was still, but from the farmyard she heard distant hammering and the barking of one of the dogs.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I watched as he picked his way across the farmyard, heading toward the straggle of apple trees.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The priest sees him from the farmyard and comes to join him.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Nix picked himself up from his chair by the fire and went out into the farmyard.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Martha had been good at it, and her farmyard had been run like clockwork.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The house sits in the mess of a run-down farmyard, with chickens and goats running here and there.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The Agricultural Department favored farmyard manure over inorganic fertilizers and promoted composting.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The chickens roamed freely in the farmyard, scratching at the ground for food.

  • After the storm, we found debris scattered all over the farmyard next to the barn.

  • The children played in the farmyard, climbing on the hay bales and watching the animals.

Synonyms

barnyard
vsfarmyard
  • US
21 3.0

An area next to a barn where people keep farm animals

is next to farm buildings and covers various storage and animal areas
farmstead
vsfarmyard
3 4.8

The main group of buildings on a farm and the land around them

is more limited to an open area by buildings used for storage or animals

Antonyms

urban
571 2.5

About a city or town rather than the countryside

city block
19 1.4

An area in a city surrounded by streets that usually has several buildings

How Farmy

farmyard
5 1.7
barnyard
  • US
21 3.0
stockyard
  • US
6 6.3
yard
651 1.0
backyard
451 1.0

Surface Forms

farmyard singular
farmyards plural

Morphology

farmyard = farm + yard (transparent) = farm + yard

Direct compound of two familiar nouns; the meaning 'area next to farm buildings' follows straightforwardly from 'farm' + 'yard'.

Etymology

Farmyard is made from farm and yard, and yard means an 'open area next to buildings', like in backyard. So a farmyard is the open space next to the farm buildings where animals, tools, or tractors are kept.