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back⋅yard

[bak-yahrd]
–noun
1. the portion of a lot or building site behind a house, structure, or the like, sometimes fenced, walled, etc.
2. a familiar or nearby area; neighborhood.

Origin:
1650–60; back 1 + yard 2
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back·yard also back yard   (bāk'yärd')   
n.  A yard at the rear of a house.
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