backyard
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Is backyard a Scrabble word?
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noun (English)
1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.Examples: "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."Antonyms: front yard#Noun, forecourt#NounAustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUS
2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) 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.Examples: "The entire beach was my backyard, from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north."AustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUScolloquial
3. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.Examples: "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."AustraliaCanadaNew-ZealandUScolloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary