as in patio
an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)
a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard
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Recent Examples of courtyard
The two-story apartment house, with pink stripes that race around the facade of pink keystone and white stucco, curves around an immaculate courtyard dominated by a date palm and strangler fig tree.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
That includes things like Chicago's signature bungalows, or the city's courtyard apartment and condo buildings.
—Zak Spector, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
An army of college servants swept river silt from the courtyards.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The Anaheim Presbyterian Church is also participating with some treasures that will be available for free in in courtyard.
—Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for courtyard
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
That includes things like Chicago's signature bungalows, or the city's courtyard apartment and condo buildings.
—Zak Spector, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
An army of college servants swept river silt from the courtyards.
—Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
The Anaheim Presbyterian Church is also participating with some treasures that will be available for free in in courtyard.
—Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for courtyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courtyard
Noun
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The James Beard Foundation’s America’s Classics Award-winning Casa Vega is turning 70 this year and to mark the milestone anniversary the eatery is nearly doubling its footprint thanks to the opening of a new patio named in honor of the famed restaurant’s founder.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Outside are a sports court, patio, and kitchen.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
24 Feb. 2026
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The uninviting labyrinth sprawlsthe east/west quadrangle from Girard to Fay.—
Leslie Simon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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At the castle's quadrangle, a formal honor guard was presented and inspected by Trump and the king.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Engineers plan to use a modern steel enclosure system, similar to the one installed at K East, to better protect the reactor structure from wind, sand, and freeze-thaw cycles while lowering long-term maintenance costs.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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Goldberg's relatable flub came amid a Hot Topics discussion about Punch, an adorable macaque whose story of abandonment and bullying at the hands of other primates inside his Japanese zoo enclosure took the internet by storm across the last week.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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One 27-year-old Tehran resident said a strike fell a few hundred yards away from her house, terrifying her with the explosion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Courtyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtyard. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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