Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An open space surrounded by walls or buildings, adjoining or within a building such as a large house or housing complex.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A court or an inclosure about a house or adjacent to it.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A court or inclosure attached to a house.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

Etymologies

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court + yard

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Examples

  • José went off to the mules, and Bertie descended the ladder, and strolled round what they called the courtyard, looking for eggs among the rocks and in the tufts of grass growing higher up.

    The Treasure of the Incas 1867

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • This courtyard is just outside the main precincts of my college, tucked away behind the old school of divinity and in the midst of a maze of buildings.

    The Perils of Teaching « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • The courtyard is beautiful with nice sitting areas to relax.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

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