Home › Words › D › dooryarddooryarddooryard means the yard near the front or back door of a house.EtymologyFrom door + yard.nounthe yard near the front or back door of a housee.g.“In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings, / Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, […]” — 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.backyard 66% match — A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence. vs dooryard →sideyard 66% match — A yard at the side of a building. vs dooryard →foredoor 64% match — A door located at the fore part of a house or dwelling; front door. vs dooryard →yarden 63% match — An area which is both a yard and a garden. vs dooryard →doorstead 63% match — The entrance or place of a door. vs dooryard →clothesyard 62% match — The outdoor area of a house that is used for drying washing vs dooryard →doorward 60% match — Toward a door. vs dooryard →porchway 60% match — A porch. vs dooryard →