farmyard
US/ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/
farmyard noun: the area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
Noun
farmyard (plural farmyards)
- The area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
- "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.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
- The farmyard was dark and he tiptoed across it so that the turkeys wouldn't set up their gobbling and flapping.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 24
- Synonyms:
- barnyard
farmyard meaning in Tamil
farmyard in Tamil
- பண்ணைவெளி
Examples of farmyard in a sentence
- That noise had been the farmyard aubade in the Punjab in his dream.
- Throughout his toddlerhood Charlie dragged it along like Linus in Peanuts; towed it through muddy farmyards and chewing-gummy streets.
- Farmyards and sets of animals were sold in chip-boxes usually oval in shape and from two to 14 inches across.
Synonyms of farmyard
Forms of farmyard
| plural | farmyards |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | farm-yard |
Origin of farmyard
From farm + yard.
Words formed from farmyard
Questions about farmyard
- What does farmyard mean?
- Farmyard means the area of a farm, excluding the fields, usually surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
- What is farmyard in Tamil?
- Farmyard in Tamil is பண்ணைவெளி. See Farmyard meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is farmyard?
- Farmyard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce farmyard?
- Farmyard is pronounced /ˈfɑɹmˌjɑɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of farmyard?
- The plural of farmyard is farmyards.
Words near farmyard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: farmyard (page history and authors); farmyard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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