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

Soto’s lawyer, William Welch, said at trial he was severely beaten inside the home and shot Morello in self-defense as the confrontation spilled out into the front yard. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Purchases are lowered from the aircraft on a tether to a predesignated spot such as a front yard. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

As a bonus, this is a great way to carve out a mini front yard garden. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 19 Aug. 2026

When Dantona first bought the house, a live oak was growing in the front yard. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 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