Backyard Meaning. North American English the whole area behind and belonging to a house including an area of grass and the garden. In the area where you live or in the area of interest or activity that you are involved in or responsible for.
An area at the rear of a house. A persons neighborhood or an area nearby to a persons usual residenc. A small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building.
Of or in a backyard.
Neighborhood crimes committed in our own backyard. Colloquial An area nearby to a country or other jurisidictions legal boundaries particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest. Children must be made aware of environmental issues in their own backyard. A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.