Home › Words › O › outyardoutyardoutyard means A temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up.EtymologyFrom out- + yard (“enclosed area designated for a specific purpose”).nounA temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up.e.g.“There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.” — 1983, Sue Hubbell, A Country Year: Living the Questions, Boston, MA: Mariner Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:verbTo gain more yards than.e.g.“Although Oklahoma outyarded the Jays 339 to 155, Kansas fought magnificently and earned its 13-13 tie. Royal's punting had begun to jell. He kicked four out-of-bounds against the Crimson and Blue.” — 1984, Harold Keith, Forty-Seven Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 28:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.beeyard 65% match — An apiary. vs outyard →hopyard 61% match — An outdoor area where hops are grown. vs outyard →headyard 57% match — Foreyard. vs outyard →unyard 57% match — To move (stock) out of a yard. vs outyard →baseyard 55% match — An area set aside for equipment and supplies. vs outyard →apiary 55% match — A place where bees and their hives are kept. vs outyard →workyard 54% match — A yard where physical labour is carried out. vs outyard →outground 53% match — Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land. vs outyard →