front yard

noun

plural front yards

: an area in front of a house

We planted some bushes in the front yard.

Soon, our front yard was a safe haven for our scampering four-year-old, our porch a rustic idyll, our lawn a green and pleasant sward fit for Bambi to gambol on. Paradise.

—Michael Walsh

Examples of front yard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additional features include custom closets, skylights, solar panels, and an in-ground watering system for the front yard. — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

In the front yard, deputies found a person who had been shot several times. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

The Dodge ran over a stop sign, reversed into a tree and traveled up a front yard before coming to a stop, the statement said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Cecelia Kale was climbing a tree in her front yard in Tigerton on June 23 when a bat latched onto her leg, according to her family. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for front yard

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard