Plural of backyard
regular plural
The plural of backyard is backyards.
Forms of backyard
| Singular | backyard /bækˈjɑːd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | backyards |
| Countable | countable |
Backyards in a sentence
- “Moth-ers” of all ages and abilities are encouraged to learn about, observe, and document moths in their backyards, parks, and neighborhoods.2026 July 20, “National Moth Week”, in Gardening For Life Project. From the entry moth-er
- Though commercial operations have mostly withered, mangoes still thrive in backyards and in the small specialty market, Dr.2023 July 8, Patricia Mazzei, “The Mango Is King of the Miami Summer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry mangophile
- They were assigned the task of keeping a certain minimal order in species composition in the backyards of Cleveland Avenue.2023, Donna Haraway, “Revisiting Catland in 2019: Situating Denizens of the Chthulucene”, in Cynthia Huff, Margaretta Jolly, editors…. From the entry Trumplandia
- The aspirined wine still swung the world in a slow circle, from which he listened to the crickets in the silence-wrapped darkness of the backyards.1950, Philip B. Kaye, Taffy, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, page 48. From the entry aspirined
- Marilyn Monroe who was blonde and beautiful and had a sweet little rinky-dink of a voice and all the cleanliness of all the clean American backyards.1973, Norman Mailer, Marilyn: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 15; quoted in Sam B. Girgus, “The Changing Face…. From the entry rinky-dink
Meaning of backyard
- noun A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- noun A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
- noun An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
Questions about the plural of backyard
- What is the plural of backyard?
- The plural of backyard is backyards.
- Is backyard countable?
- Backyard is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: backyard (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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