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door·yard

 (dôr′yärd′)
n.
The yard in front of the door of a house.
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dooryard

(ˈdɔːˌjɑːd)
n
(Architecture) US and Canadian a yard in front of the front or back door of a house
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door•yard

(ˈdɔrˌyɑrd, ˈdoʊr-)

n.
a yard near the front door of a house.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dooryard - a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
curtilage, grounds, yard - the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"
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Had they been farsighted enough they might have seen, when the stage turned into the side dooryard of the old brick house, a calico yoke rising and falling tempestuously over the beating heart beneath, the red color coming and going in two pale cheeks, and a mist of tears swimming in two brilliant dark eyes.
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His homage to Lincoln, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd remains one of the great American poems.
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