barnyard

[ bahrn-yahrd ]

/ ˈbɑrnˌyɑrd /

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noun

Also called barnlot. a yard next to or surrounding a barn.

adjective

of, relating to, or typical of a barnyard: barnyard noises; simple paintings of barnyard life.

indecent; smutty; vulgar: His barnyard humor made us all blush.

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Origin of barnyard

First recorded in 1505–15; barn¹ + yard²

Words nearby barnyard

barnstorm, barn swallow, Barnum, Barnum, Phineas T., barnwood, barnyard, barnyard golf, barnyard grass, barnyardism, baro-, Barocchio

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How to use barnyard in a sentence

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.
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This feature is present — and helpful — in the barnyard example, where the easiest attribute to solve for is horns.
New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations|Kevin Hartnett|March 8, 2021|Quanta Magazine
A common example of a linear system — also likely familiar to math students — involves a barnyard filled with chickens and pigs.
New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations|Kevin Hartnett|March 8, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Manure from barnyard animals is rich in vitamins, minerals, fats and more.
What you can do to improve soils|Catherine Arnold|February 25, 2021|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.
What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna|Katie McLean|December 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
This isn't a comic, it's a Beckett play with barnyard animals.
Less is Moo: The Genius of Gary Larson|Tom Doran|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When I went into the barnyard,” he explained later during an interview, “I never saw a chicken leading a group of turkeys.
Rahm and Race in Chicago|Dirk Johnson|January 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday morning, Chanel went where Chanel has never gone before: to the barnyard.
The Best of Paris Fashion Week|Isabel Wilkinson|October 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He is even more full of mischief than Brownie and loves to run after all the other animals in the barnyard.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
Jehosophat, Marmaduke, and Hepzebiah do not like one barnyard neighbour very much.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
Tomorrow night, if you are good all day, we will tell you about the rest of the barnyard friends of the three happy children.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
So they romped away to the barnyard to chase the frightened White Wyandottes.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
When she reached the barnyard gate Dic was hitching the horses to the "big wagon."
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties|Charles Major

British Dictionary definitions for barnyard

barnyard

/ (ˈbɑːnˌjɑːd) /

noun

a yard adjoining a barn, in which farm animals are kept

(modifier) belonging to or characteristic of a barnyard

(modifier) crude or earthybarnyard humour

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