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[ bahrn-yahrd ] / ˈbɑrnˌyɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR barnyard ON THESAURUS.COM
nounAlso called barnlot. a yard next to or surrounding a barn. adjectiveof, relating to, or typical of a barnyard: barnyard noises; simple paintings of barnyard life. indecent; smutty; vulgar: His barnyard humor made us all blush. Origin of barnyardFirst recorded in 1505–15; barn1 + yard2 Words nearby barnyardbarnstorm, barn swallow, Barnum, Barnum, Phineas T., barnwood, barnyard, barnyard golf, barnyard grass, barnyardism, baro-, Barocchio Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barnyardThis isn't a comic, it's a Beckett play with barnyard animals. Less is Moo: The Genius of Gary Larson|Tom Doran|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST When I went into the barnyard,” he explained later during an interview, “I never saw a chicken leading a group of turkeys. Rahm and Race in Chicago|Dirk Johnson|January 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST On Tuesday morning, Chanel went where Chanel has never gone before: to the barnyard. The Best of Paris Fashion Week|Isabel Wilkinson|October 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST Presently, their slowly cautious progress brought them to the edge of the barnyard, and to the rail fence which surrounds it. Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune
The boy's first impulse was to cry, but when he saw me he began to scold about having Beatrice loose in the barnyard. The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur They do not fly like the little birds, but they stay around the barnyard and lay eggs for us to eat. Light On the Child's Path|William Allen Bixler It had been so long since I had lived in the country I had forgotten about the early-rising habits of barnyard fowl. The Abandoned Farmers|Irvin S. Cobb The best results will be obtained by turning under a clover sod that has been manured from the savings of the barnyard. Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
British Dictionary definitions for barnyard
nouna yard adjoining a barn, in which farm animals are kept (modifier) belonging to or characteristic of a barnyard (modifier) crude or earthybarnyard humour Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to barnyardpen, corral, feedlot, barnlot |