Home › Words › Y › yardworkyardworkyardwork means work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, yardwork ranks #7,709 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom yard + work.nounWork done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activitiese.g.“Mr. Romney endured tough questioning from reporters in Des Moines yesterday about revelations last week that a yardwork company he employed was found for a second time to be using illegal immigrants.” — 2007 December 8, Sarah Wheaton, “Huckabee Immigration Plan Emphasizes Security”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).