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farmyard

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farm·yard  (färmyärd)
n.
An area surrounded by or adjacent to farm buildings.
farmyard
Noun
the small area of land enclosed by or around the farm buildings
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Noun1.farmyardfarmyard - an area adjacent to farm buildings
farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
yard - an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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Spanish farmyard [ˈfɑːmjɑːd] n → corral m
French farmyard [ˈfɑːmjɑːd] farm n → cour f de ferme
German farmyard [ˈfɑːmjɑːd] farm n → Hof m
Italian farmyard [ˈfɑːmjɑːd] n → aia
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A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.
Fables by Aesop View in context
And Levin rode through the slush of the farmyard to the gate and out into the open country, his good little horse, after his long inactivity, stepping out gallantly, snorting over the pools, and asking, as it were, for guidance.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Our white frame house, with a storey and half-storey above the basement, stood at the east end of what I might call the farmyard, with the windmill close by the kitchen door.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
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