front yard

noun

A yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.

Similar
front garden
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Meanings

nounfront yard (plural front yards)

plural front yards

  1. CanadaUSA yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.

    Synonyms: front garden

  2. UKAn enclosed and often primarily utilitarian area to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a hard surface or paving.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers.

Similar
front garden
Also see
front garden

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 前院, 前庭
  • 前院 (qiányuàn)area with greenery to the front of the house
  • 前庭 (qiántíng)area with greenery to the front of the house
Danish forhave, forgård
  • forhavearea with greenery to the front of the house
  • forgårdenclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house
Dutch voortuin
  • voortuinarea with greenery to the front of the house
Finnish etupiha
  • etupihaarea with greenery to the front of the house
French cour de devant
  • cour de devantarea with greenery to the front of the house
German Vorgarten, Vorhof
  • Vorgartenarea with greenery to the front of the house
  • Vorhofenclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house
  • Stellplatzenclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house
  • Vorgartenenclosed hard-surfaced area to the front of the house
Hindi बगिया
  • बगिया (bagiyā)area with greenery to the front of the house
Irish clós tosaigh
  • clós tosaigharea with greenery to the front of the house
Japanese 前庭, 前庭
  • 前庭 (zentei)area with greenery to the front of the house
  • 前庭 (maeniwa)area with greenery to the front of the house
Korean 앞마당, 전정
  • 앞마당 (ammadang)area with greenery to the front of the house
  • 전정 (jeonjeong)area with greenery to the front of the house
Polish ogród z przodu domu
  • ogród z przodu domuarea with greenery to the front of the house
Portuguese quintal da frente
  • quintal da frentearea with greenery to the front of the house
Russian пере́дний двор
  • пере́дний двор (perédnij dvor)area with greenery to the front of the house
Swedish framsida
  • framsidaarea with greenery to the front of the house
Vietnamese sân trước
  • sân trướcarea with greenery to the front of the house
Cite this entry
APA

front yard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20yard

MLA

“front yard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20yard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “front yard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20yard.

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