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Definition of "farmyard" []

  • An area surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "farmyard" in a sentence
  • "The chickens that I have known in farmyard Mexico, were hybrids from who knows what parentage."
  • "Our white frame house, with a storey and half-storey above the basement, stood at the east end of what I might call the farmyard, with the windmill close by the kitchen door."
  • "Our white frame house, with a story and half-story above the basement, stood at the east end of what I might call the farmyard, with the windmill close by the kitchen door."
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