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

Oversized trees are not suitable for backyards or front yards. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026

Tour properties include dramatic subtropical and desert landscaping, a front yard devoted entirely to succulents, kinetic metal and mosaic art, resident goats and a stop with 17 fruit trees alongside proteas and exotic succulents. —Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026

Next came an Evil Cooks T-shirt business and a restaurant pop-up in their El Sereno front yard in 2019. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Nancy Guthrie front yard tribute could be drawing her own abductor back to crime scene. —FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 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