Meanings
nounback garden (plural back gardens)
plural back gardens
- A garden at the rear of a property.
Afterwards, Gareth Southgate conjured up the modern English pastoral when he said he was glad to have delivered goals for a public watching at home on a “warm Sunday afternoon”. A great vision of barbecues ablaze, televisions repositioned and six times a boozy roar across the back gardens.
2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018
Translations
Danish baghave
- baghavegarden at the rear of a property
German Hintergarten
- Hintergartengarden at the rear of a property
Irish gairdín cúil, garraí cúil
- gairdín cúilgarden at the rear of a property
- garraí cúilgarden at the rear of a property
Norwegian Bokmål bakgård
- bakgårdgarden at the rear of a property
Portuguese quintal
- quintalgarden at the rear of a property
Swedish bakgård
- bakgårdgarden at the rear of a property
Urdu پائیں باغ
- پائیں باغ (paain bagh)garden at the rear of a property
Cite this entry
APA
back garden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20garden
MLA
“back garden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20garden. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back garden,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20garden.
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