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

Mason is accused of pointing a handgun and pistol-whipping a man multiple times in the front yard of the victim's home on Carroll Street. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 23 June 2026

Upon arrival, police found Handy, 81, in the front yard of the Erwin Street home, unconscious and suffering from a stab wound to his chest. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Family could be seen on the front yard of the house where the killing took place, some were crying. — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026

Originally, Shorty was out in the front yard for the very final moment, and the runaway rollercoaster from the beginning crashes into him and kills him. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 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