barnyard
noun
barnyards
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pluralof barnyard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Montreal, with its own private atmosphere of celebration and voluptuous sorrow, standing as it does alongside the snowbound barnyards of Vermont, the silent forests of Maine.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2018
These reused industrial spaces transformed into throwback barnyards with old farm animals, right in the urban center, seem somehow uniquely Dutch to me, although I know that there are petting zoos in other global cities.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2017
For example, when Bouckaert wanted “funky” aromas, such as the smell of barnyards or horse blankets, but without the usual accompanying fruity notes, he tried four of the lab’s strains that showed some promise.
From Nature ● Jul. 25, 2016
Thousands of basketball-obsessed kids, in schoolyards and backyards and barnyards around the country, may be trying a new kind of shot come Tuesday morning.
From Time ● Apr. 8, 2014
When the fields yielded little game, they worked the barnyards and farm gardens.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
