barnyard
Collocations
4ADJ.
better
VERB + BARNYARD
like, saw, smells, sounds, tasted
BARNYARD + NOUN
casa, chickens, city, dog, loma, soap-opera, street
PREP.
from, in, than, with
Definitions
noun
The yard associated with or surrounding a barn.
She always felt that eggs tasted better from barnyard chickens.
adj
Vulgar; scatological.
Henderson too barnyard for Casa Loma, so they are rejecting further arrangements by him.
The bad part was that Thor and Chief, with their vivid and clever imaginations, had made up a whole cast of characters, some of them with very barnyard names, and soap-opera lives.
having an earthy flavor.
Mr. Oliver, the brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, has a quirky way of describing his creations. He refers to the more complex ones as “a little bit barnyard,” “having a funky nose” or “like a good sourdough bread.”
Cheeses made from goat’s milk tend to have a more barnyard and tangy taste than cow’s milk.
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6She always felt that eggs tasted better from barnyard chickens.
WiktionaryHenderson too barnyard for Casa Loma, so they are rejecting further arrangements by him.
WiktionaryThe bad part was that Thor and Chief, with their vivid and clever imaginations, had made up a whole cast of characters, some of them with very barnyard names, and soap-opera lives.
WiktionaryThey’ve come to be called "snout" houses, a label that sounds more barnyard than city street and, in any event, certainly doesn’t sound pretty.
WiktionaryIt smells like a barnyard in here.
Tatoeba · #6577490I heard roosters raising a ruckus, and a few seconds later I saw the barnyard dog chasing a fox away from the chicken coops.
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