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

Now the lawn care industry is hoping for the same sort of revolution as the robots make their way to the front yard. —Hummingbird, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026

The film takes a tragic turn at its midpoint when Claire is severely injured after getting hit by a car in her front yard. —David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026

Jones then saw a woman who identified herself as Good’s wife and was covered in blood sitting in the snowy front yard of Jones’ building, crying alongside a black lab dog. —Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026

Debris that spilled onto the sidewalk and street have since been moved into the front yard. —Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 7 Jan. 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