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courtyard

noun

ˈkȯrt-ˌyärd

Definition of courtyard

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 Police say the sniper's bullet that killed Kirk was fired from a rooftop some 150 yards away from the spot on a campus courtyard where Kirk was killed, as NPR has reported. — Bill Chappell, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 Thick brown and gray mud coated the surfaces of school benches, walls and notebooks while the school’s courtyard was filled with sediment. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Perhaps a swimsuit on a chair, or in an inner courtyard balcony, but what are these people thinking, displaying their underwear? — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026 This beautiful property is a riad—a traditional Moroccan home built around a central courtyard or garden. — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for courtyard

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Noun

At The Colonnade, breakfast and lunch are available buffet-style with live cooking stations and an al fresco patio.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
The storm surges also chipped away at the Giles family's patio and yard in Laguna Beach, forcing inspectors to yellow-tag part of the property.

— Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of patio

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Each of those quadrangles of land can produce 7 million pounds of corn or 2 million pounds of soybeans in a summer.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
The students are lined up in their hundreds− across the student center mezzanine, down the stairs and out into the hot Florida Spring of the quadrangle.

— Will Carless, USA Today, 10 July 2026

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Gnocchi is on a flea prevention plan, Zephyr wears an air tag and Nill’s pram gives Lana and Steve a safe enclosure.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
On the day the plan was presented, the commission first had to review schematics for a new mesh enclosure for an Arabian-leopard habitat at the National Zoo.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

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