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

In July, 2001, at 19 years old, I was arrested with two friends for stealing lawn ornaments from people’s front yards and a park bench from outside a Home Depot. — August Mangeney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

In the place of her husband and daughters, Joe finds a for-sale sign in the front yard and a note on the kitchen counter. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026

The sheep were straying from the road, veering through the front yards of homeowners who weren’t in the grazing program. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

On the property, part of the fence had burned, along with the front yard, and the home suffered burn damage. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 17 Sep. 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