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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That affects sunlight into backyards and front yards.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Then Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright followed, and now Jax is puttering around in his front yard, all alone, blowing leaves down the driveway as if that is some job.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
While searching a home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon for a hit-and-run suspect, authorities spotted Jillian Shriner in the front yard of her house, located next door, holding a pistol.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
This house sits at the end of a private driveway, behind a low wood fence and a front yard with mature fruit trees.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Then Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright followed, and now Jax is puttering around in his front yard, all alone, blowing leaves down the driveway as if that is some job.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
While searching a home in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon for a hit-and-run suspect, authorities spotted Jillian Shriner in the front yard of her house, located next door, holding a pistol.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
This house sits at the end of a private driveway, behind a low wood fence and a front yard with mature fruit trees.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for front yard
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“Front yard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20yard. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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