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

The women are all in Jessi’s front yard, crying and hugging and apologizing. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Overgrown foliage has invaded the front yard of the Silver Lake home that Vela Gonzalez used to maintain. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

In the doorbell camera footage shared with CBS News Atlanta by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, multiple Cane Corsos that reportedly belonged to Gibson are seen wandering in a neighbor's front yard. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

This inflatable front yard hall is not just a blowup display. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 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