• Farmyard

    Origin

    farm + yard

    Full definition of farmyard

    Noun

    farmyard

    (plural farmyards)
    1. The area around a farm, excluding the fields.
      • Wodehouse Offing|XIX|“Where's Kipper?” I asked, and was surprised to note that Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. “Reggie?” she said, suspending the farmyard imitations for a moment.

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