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# barnyard

noun (a barnyard, barnyards); adjective (barnyard animals)

«barnyard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The yard or area around a barn on a farm, where animals walk and feed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#m1)
2. (as an adjective) To do with farm animals, or rough and rude, like "barnyard humour". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#m2)

### In the lessons

It appears in farm stories, songs and picture books about cows, pigs, hens and ducks, and in science lessons about farm animals. It sets a farm scene for the reader. Phrases: "barnyard animals", "in the barnyard", "barnyard noises".

### Examples

- The hens pecked at grain in the barnyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x1)
- We made barnyard animal noises in music class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x2)
- The pig rolled in the mud of the barnyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x3)
- The story is set in a noisy barnyard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x4)
- A rooster crowed from the barnyard fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x5)
- Children fed the goats in the barnyard at the farm park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x6)
- The comedian told silly barnyard jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x7)
- Uncle Henry was milking the cows in the barnyard, and Toto had jumped out of her arms and was running toward the barn, barking furiously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a barnyard, barnyards. Mainly used in American English; British speakers often say "farmyard". Made of "barn" plus "yard".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «barnyard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barnyard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«barnyard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barnyard.html) on Mova free.