Backyard

Definition: Backyard

Backyard

Noun

1. The grounds in back of a house.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "backyard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Crosswords: Backyard

That may be so, but I'm not gonna sit pretty while the Dark Hand strolls into my backyard to had a hall pass to a hobgoblin (Jackie Chan Adventures; writing credit: Christoph Busch; Uwe Johnson)

The 'big Red dog' is diggin' in our backyard, and we are justified in shooting him (Thirteen Days; writing credit: Ernest R. May; Philip D. Zelikow)

And that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted, if I could hit 'em, but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

I used to play in a backyard that was filled with garbage (12 Angry Men; writing credit: Reginald Rose)

I mean, she could just be lost in the backyard. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

EVERYONCE IN A WHILE I'LL BREAK OUT THE BACKYARD TO ROAM (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Mama's in the backyard learning how to jive and wail (Jump Jive An' Wail; performing artist: Brian Setzer Orchestra; writing credit: L. Prima)

It's illegal bout the plants in my backyard grow, that's my bud (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris)

And he likes his own backyard, (A Well Respected Man; performing artist: The Kinks)

Backyard Theater (1972)

Sittin' on a Backyard Fence (1933)

Backyard Serenade (1931)

The Backyard (1920)

Backyard Wrestling (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Audubon 365 Songbirds and Other Backyard Birds Calendar 2003 (reference)

• Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril (reference)

• The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Backyard Bird News (reference)

• Backyard Flyer (reference)

• Backyard Wildlife (reference)

• Your Big Backyard (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Best of Backyard Wrestling, Vol. 1: Future Kings of the Ring! (reference)

• Backyard Baseball Drills (reference)

• THE BEST Of BACKYARD WRESTLING 4: RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Big Lizard in My Backyard (reference)

• Bob & Larry's Backyard Party (reference)

• Your Backyard (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Backyard Football (reference)

• Backyard Baseball 2003 (reference)

• Backyard Hockey (reference)

• Starry Night Backyard 4.x (reference)

• Bushnell 10x50 Natureview Backyard Birder Spotting Scope with Camera Adapter, Tripod and Case. (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Backyard boat slips along Ocean Avenue. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A pond is the focal point of a backyard conservation scene in a backyard in Cantril, Iowa, a small town in Van Buren County in southeastern Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Flowers are part of the backyard conservation scene in a home in Urbandale, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

An Earth Team volunteer helps with Backyard Conservation. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Cardinal in a conifer in a backyard. Credit: Unknown.

Goldfish in a backyard pond. Credit: Ron Nichols.

Birdfeeder and native prairie plants a backyard. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Backyard conservation work in back yard, Cantril--Van Buren County in southeastern Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.

This northeast Iowa farmer practices conservation on his farm and in his backyard. Backyard conservation practices on a farm in northeast Iowa. Credit: Colleen Schneider.

Fern Fiddleheads (Polystichum sp.) Photograph taken in the photographer's backyard. "With ferns like these, who needs anemones?. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The backyard was surrounded with high walls, and a few gardens only were in view

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Ending with "backyard": not-in-my-backyard.

Albanian

oborr pas shtëpie. (various references)

Bulgarian 

заден двор. (various references)

Chinese 

后院. (various references)

Czech

zahrádka za domem, zadní dvorek. (various references)

Dutch

NIMA (NIMBY, not in my backyard), niet in mijn achtertuin (NIMBY, not in my backyard). (various references)

French

arrière-cour. (various references)

German

hinterhof (back yard, courtyard). (various references)

Greek 

πίσω αυλή. (various references)

Hungarian

udvar (court, courtyard, run, to court, yard). (various references)

Indonesian

pelataran (quad), halaman belakang. (various references)

Italian

cortile (court, courtyard, quad, quadrangle, yard). (various references)

Korean 

뒤뜰. (various references)

Manx

close cooyl. (various references)

Pig Latin

ackyardbay.(various references)

Portuguese

quintal (court, courtyard, garden, kitchen garden, pleasure-ground, quintal, yard). (various references)

Russian 

задворки, задний двор (back yard). (various references)

Sepedi

mafuri. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dvorište iza kuće. (various references)

Spanish

traspuesta (escape, rise, switching, transposition), patio trasero, patio interior, patio de atras. (various references)

Swedish

bakgård (back yard, dooryard). (various references)

Turkish

arka bahçe (back yard), arka avlu (back yard). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "backyard": backyards. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Backyard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bakfark, Beckhard. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bayard.

-3 letters: aback, barky, braky, kabar.

-4 letters: arak, back, bard, bark, brad, bray, caky, carb, card, cark, crab, darb, dark, drab, dray, kbar, kyar, rack, racy, raya, yack, yard.

-5 letters: aba, aby, arb, arc, ark, baa, bad, bar, bay, bra, cab, cad, car, cay, cry, dab, dak, day, dry, kab, kay, rad, ray, rya.

+1 letter: backyards.

+2 letters: backwardly.

+4 letters: blackguardly.