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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

back yard, backyard / ˌbækˈjɑːd/

an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
the immediate surroundings or locality of a person, organization, country, etc: a problem with poverty in our own backyard
in one's own back yard ⇒ close at hand
involving or implicating one
See NIMBY

'back yard' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "back yard" in the title:

a yard or two back within the room
back into the open yard with bloody mouth
Back yard house
Earth Day when you have a sandbox in the back yard
The back yard was scrubby.
They went around in the back yard.

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