Definition of "backyard" []

• A yard at the rear of a house. (noun)

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• "The term backyard can be variously defined as a neighborhood or local community, local government area, a city or even a state."
• "For me, the backyard is the planet and our entire approach to sustainability."
• "You said our backyard is a private space unless we have company, but Carly isn't company said Gillam."