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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The two-story South Grove house still has plywood for a front door and a Porta Potty in the front yard.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
But across the street from Sherwood’s gorgeous new house — white with dark trim and cheerful flowers in the front yard — is still an empty lot, a forlorn swimming pool surrounded by chain-link fencing the only reminder of what used to be.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
State police detectives went to Martin’s home on Nov. 25 and spoke to him in the front yard about the allegations.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2025
Still numbed by what just took place less than one hour before, Beth sat alone in a chair in the front yard when a woman, stranger to everyone, walked up to her and placed a wad of $20 bills in her palm, then without a word moved on.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
But across the street from Sherwood’s gorgeous new house — white with dark trim and cheerful flowers in the front yard — is still an empty lot, a forlorn swimming pool surrounded by chain-link fencing the only reminder of what used to be.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
State police detectives went to Martin’s home on Nov. 25 and spoke to him in the front yard about the allegations.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2025
Still numbed by what just took place less than one hour before, Beth sat alone in a chair in the front yard when a woman, stranger to everyone, walked up to her and placed a wad of $20 bills in her palm, then without a word moved on.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Front yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20yard. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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