farmyard

See also: farm-yard

English

Alternative forms

• farm-yard (archaic)

Etymology

From farm +‎ yard.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/

Noun

farmyard (plural farmyards)

1. (agriculture) The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     "Where's Kipper?" I asked, and was surprised to note that Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. "Reggie?" she said, suspending the farmyard imitations for a moment.

   • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 24:

     The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.

Synonyms

• barnyard

Hypernyms

• farmland

Hyponyms

• rickyard
• stackyard

Coordinate terms

• farmfield

Derived terms

• farmyardy

Related terms

• dooryard

Translations

Translations

• French: basse-cour (fr)
• German: Hof (de) m, Hofraum (de) m
• Polish: podwórko (pl), podwórze (pl), obejście (pl), wiejskie podwórze n