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
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The couple told police that the child found a baggie in the front yard of the home and put the baggie in its mouth.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The front of the house is the focal point, with lights hung along the roofline, on the home’s exterior, in the front yard, and wrapped around trees.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Surprise police have arrested a suspect in connection with the June 11 stabbing death of Sean Hernandez, 53, who was found in the front yard of a home near Bell Road and Dysart Road.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
In the commercial, Mulaney is stretched out on a lawn chair in a front yard drinking Years.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The front of the house is the focal point, with lights hung along the roofline, on the home’s exterior, in the front yard, and wrapped around trees.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
Surprise police have arrested a suspect in connection with the June 11 stabbing death of Sean Hernandez, 53, who was found in the front yard of a home near Bell Road and Dysart Road.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
In the commercial, Mulaney is stretched out on a lawn chair in a front yard drinking Years.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for front yard
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“Front yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20yard. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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