backyard

/ˈbækˈjɑrd/ n [C]

Definition

› the area behind a house, or more generally, an area near the place you live: Residents don’t want a nuclear power plant in their backyard.

(Definition of backyard n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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