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In some senses, backyard is marked as US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
backyard
/bækˈjɑːd/
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
clear, over, united
VERB + BACKYARD
cannot, clearing, hole, house, leaves, playing, states, weeds
BACKYARD + NOUN
britain, front, hiltons', myself
PREP.
during, from, in, into, out
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
I think when I discovered this republic, which is in Nevada - in one man's house and backyard and front garden - I think I stumbled across what for me really typifies the whole micronational movement.
2
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.
The entire beach was my backyard, from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north.
3
An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.
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I think when I discovered this republic, which is in Nevada - in one man's house and backyard and front garden - I think I stumbled across what for me really typifies the whole micronational movement.
Wiktionary02
The entire beach was my backyard, from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north.
Wiktionary03
However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.
Wiktionary04
My backyard can hold more than ten people.
Tatoeba · #2415205
The children were playing in the backyard.
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I put up a small hut in the backyard.
Tatoeba · #249480Usage Notes
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