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

Word History and Origins

Origin of barnyard¹

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

Example Sentences

As it turns out, there might be a barnyard animal that is even better at using the toilet than tots and kittens—and the impact that might have on the environment could be huge.

From Popular-Science

This feature is present — and helpful — in the barnyard example, where the easiest attribute to solve for is horns.

From Quanta Magazine

A common example of a linear system — also likely familiar to math students — involves a barnyard filled with chickens and pigs.

From Quanta Magazine

Manure from barnyard animals is rich in vitamins, minerals, fats and more.

From Science News For Students

It’s using newer gene-editing tools to create thousands of pigs immune to some common, and deadly, viruses that affect barnyards.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg