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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Early the next morning, Read and two friends drove around in a snowstorm looking for O’Keefe and found his body in the front yard of the Canton house, according to court documents.
—Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Full-time groundskeepers maintain the lush estate, which offers natural grass in the front yard.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
From the street, a terracotta walkway flows through a grassy front yard before emptying out at a covered colonnade.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025
The front yard has mature trees and a path leading to the door.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Full-time groundskeepers maintain the lush estate, which offers natural grass in the front yard.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
From the street, a terracotta walkway flows through a grassy front yard before emptying out at a covered colonnade.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025
The front yard has mature trees and a path leading to the door.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 9 Apr. 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 13 May. 2025.
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