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• backyard — UK [ˌbækˈjɑː(r)d] / US [ˈbækˌjɑrd] or back yard UK / US noun [countable] Word forms backyard : singular backyard plural backyards Word forms back yard : singular back yard plural back yards 1) British an area behind a house covered with a hard… …   English dictionary

• backyard — UK US /ˌbækˈjɑːd/ noun [C] ● in your (own) backyard Cf. in your own backyard …   Financial and business terms

• backyard — [bak′yärd′; ] for adj. [, bak′yärd΄] n. a yard adjoining the back of a house: also back yard adj. of or in a backyard …   English World dictionary

• backyard — also back yard, 1650s (perhaps early 15c.), from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + YARD (Cf. yard) (n.1) …   Etymology dictionary

• backyard — [n] expanse behind house courtyard, garden, grass, lawn, patio, play area, terrace, yard; concept 513 Ant. front yard …   New thesaurus

• backyard — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a yard at the back of a house or other building. 2) N. Amer. a back garden. 3) informal the area close to where one lives …   English terms dictionary

• backyard — back|yard also .back yard [ˌbækˈja:d US ˈja:rd] n 1.) BrE a small area behind a house, covered with a hard surface 2.) AmE an area of land behind a house, often covered with grass ▪ The old man grew vegetables in his backyard. 3.) in sb s own… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• backyard — I. noun Date: 1659 1. an area at the rear of a house 2. a nearby area ; neighborhood < crimes committed right in our own backyard > II. adjective Date: 1740 located or occurring in a backyard < a backyard …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• backyard — back|yard [ bæk,jard ] or ,back yard noun count * 1. ) AMERICAN an area behind a house, usually with grass and plants. British back garden: vegetables grown in your own backyard 2. ) BRITISH an area behind a house covered with a hard brick or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• backyard — [[t]bæ̱kjɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] backyards also back yard 1) N COUNT A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house. 2) N COUNT: with poss If you refer to a country s own backyard, you are referring to its own territory or to somewhere that is very… …   English dictionary