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View synonyms for barnyard

barnyard

[ bahrn-yahrd ]

noun

  1. Also called barnlot. a yard next to or surrounding a barn.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or typical of a barnyard:

    barnyard noises; simple paintings of barnyard life.

  2. indecent; smutty; vulgar:

    His barnyard humor made us all blush.

barnyard

/ ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd /

noun

  1. a yard adjoining a barn, in which farm animals are kept
  2. modifier belonging to or characteristic of a barnyard
  3. modifier crude or earthy

    barnyard humour



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Word History and Origins

Origin of barnyard1

First recorded in 1505–15; barn 1 + yard 2

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Example Sentences

This isn't a comic, it's a Beckett play with barnyard animals.

When I went into the barnyard,” he explained later during an interview, “I never saw a chicken leading a group of turkeys.

On Tuesday morning, Chanel went where Chanel has never gone before: to the barnyard.

He is even more full of mischief than Brownie and loves to run after all the other animals in the barnyard.

Jehosophat, Marmaduke, and Hepzebiah do not like one barnyard neighbour very much.

Tomorrow night, if you are good all day, we will tell you about the rest of the barnyard friends of the three happy children.

So they romped away to the barnyard to chase the frightened White Wyandottes.

When she reached the barnyard gate Dic was hitching the horses to the "big wagon."

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