courtyard
noun
court·yard
ˈkȯrt-ˌyärd 
: a court or enclosure adjacent to a building (such as a house or palace)
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Examples of courtyard in a Sentence
The apartment overlooks a courtyard.
a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard
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Waking up might mean a view overlooking the courtyard garden and dining at the hotel’s elegant 24/7 cafe, Le Jardin.
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Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
June Bloom Lavender, situated in the same courtyard, is overflowing with lavender goods.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
In the college courtyard, after the people had all gone home for the day, the roses remained, still growing at their own stately pace.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
On a recent morning, Ms. Diallo, whose husband was killed in the courtyard, prepared okra and cassava dough in a home in Ivory Coast rented by her father, who fled Burkina Faso earlier this year with 12 other family members.
—Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
June Bloom Lavender, situated in the same courtyard, is overflowing with lavender goods.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
In the college courtyard, after the people had all gone home for the day, the roses remained, still growing at their own stately pace.
—Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
On a recent morning, Ms. Diallo, whose husband was killed in the courtyard, prepared okra and cassava dough in a home in Ivory Coast rented by her father, who fled Burkina Faso earlier this year with 12 other family members.
—Arlette Bashizi, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Courtyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtyard. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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courtyard
noun
court·yard
-ˌyärd
: a court or enclosure next to a building
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