Thesaurus results for BACKYARD

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noun

ˈbak-ˈyärd

Definition of backyard

as in vicinity

an adjoining region or space shocked to learn that the wind farm would be right in our own backyard

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adjective

as in amateur

being such only for recreation an orchid that is a favorite with backyard horticulturists

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The story comes about a year after a New Orleans couple made a similarly mysterious discovery in their backyard. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Beachyville is a shopping mall that debuted this year in the backyard common space behind Beachy's and Beachy's Bake and Brew cafe downtown Caseville. — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Adjective

And yes, even legal, backyard fireworks can pose significant risks. — Parents, 2 July 2026 And yet interest in raising backyard chickens keeps climbing. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for backyard

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Noun

Alter also immediately left his courtside seat during the altercation and crossed the court to confront Kanter Freedom, visibly instructing him to leave the vicinity and encouraging security to intervene.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
August 23 marks the anniversary of the first time Earth was photographed from the vicinity of the moon.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026

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In an early study, researchers collected about five hours of primitive tennis movements from amateur players using a compact motion-capture setup.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
In the 1850s, while living in Seneca Falls, New York, amateur scientist Eunice Newton Foote did a series of experiments that put different substances, including carbon dioxide and moist air, inside glass cylinders and left them in the sun.

— Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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