backyard
Use Backyard in a sentence
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.
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Backyard
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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In his backyard, he'd built a solid oak cabinet to house the record player.
Even more evidence that our own little backyard in the universe is chock-full of wonders.
It is similar to deducing that the thin layer of ice on my backyard bird-bath this morning means that winter is returning.
Gaining in popularity, they are readily found in farmers' markets, backyard gardens and upscale restaurants.
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