Examples of dooryard in a Sentence
flowers blooming in the dooryard
Recent Examples on the Web
Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house.
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Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 13 July 2017
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times.
—Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 13 July 2017
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First Known Use
circa 1764, in the meaning defined above
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“Dooryard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dooryard. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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dooryard
noun
door·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a yard right outside the door of a house
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