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courtyard

[ kawrt-yahrd, kohrt- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

courtyard

/ ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd /

First recorded in 1545–55; court + yard ²

After our helicopter crashed in the courtyard, Jimbo and I rushed inside the house.

She slow-motion jogs through the courtyard, paints his portrait, and carves his name into a tree.

I entered the metal gates to an open courtyard full of inmates eagerly waiting for their own visitors.

I was there at one of the first gigs by Julian Casablancas and the Voidz at SXSW, in Cedar Street Courtyard.

Pivoting on his heels, he casually strolled out toward a nearby walled courtyard.

The building, which has five storeys, stands on three sides of a square courtyard, and faces into Edmund Street.

They found the village inn to be a series of low, small buildings built on three sides of a courtyard.

Outside in the courtyard the fire was kept burning, beside which two watchmen sat all night smoking and telling stories.

A favorite of king and courtier, its use was alike common in the palace and the courtyard.

One side of the courtyard blazed in sunshine, the other lay cool and grey in shadow.

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