Associations to the word «Backyard»

Wiktionary

BACKYARD, noun. A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
BACKYARD, noun. (colloquial) 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.
BACKYARD, noun. (colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisidiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
BACKYARD CRICKET, noun. (UK) Informal cricket played in the back yard of a private residence, or similar limited space.

Dictionary definition

BACKYARD, noun. The grounds in back of a house.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats