Definition of Farmyard

1. Noun. An area adjacent to farm buildings.

Group relationships: Farm
Generic synonyms: Yard

Definition of Farmyard

1. n. The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

Definition of Farmyard

1. Noun. The area around a farm, excluding the fields. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Farmyard

1. an area surrounded by farm buildings [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farmyard

farmscapes
farmstand
farmstands
farmstead
farmsteading
farmsteadings
farmsteads
farmward
farmwear
farmwife
farmwives
farmwork
farmworker
farmworkers
farmworks
farmyard (current term)
farmyards
farnesal dehydrogenase
farnesal hydratase
farnesane
farnesene
farnesene alcohol
farnesenes
farnesoid
farnesol
farnesol dehydrogenase
farnesols
farness
farnesses
farnesyl

Literary usage of Farmyard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness and by Daniel Hall (1912)
"Ordinary Manure—Long and Short Manure—London Dung—The Value of Fresh Manure—The Fertilising Value of farmyard Manure—Recovery of its Nitrogen in the Crop ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"farmyard manure, it is well known, is much affected by the length of time and ... The changes which farmyard manure undergoes on keeping are illustrated by ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1862)
"farmyard Manure. By JB LAWES, Esq., FRS, FCS* farmyard manure is generally looked upon as the natural manure of our crops. Artificial manures, on the other ..."

4. The Soil, Its Nature, Relations, and Fundamental Principles of Management by Franklin Hiram King (1911)
"This statement has even greater importance when applied to the organic fertilizers, like farmyard manure; for the richer a soil is in organic matter, ..."

5. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose by Friedrich Fröbel (1895)
"THE farmyard GATE. ... the farmyard gate ! Cow, and sheep, and pony dear, We mnst keep yon safely here ! Bird and hee, yon need not stay : Yon have wings to ..."

6. The Songs and Music of Friedrich Froebel's Mother Play (Mutter und Kose Lieder) by Friedrich Fröbel, Susan Elizabeth Blow (1895)
"JOHNNY, shut the farmyard gate ! Quick, or you will be too late ! ... Quickly shut the farmyard gate ! Cow, and sheep, and pony dear, We must keep you ..."

7. British Farmer's Magazine (1867)
"farmyard Manure.—The principal questions on the mode in which farmyard manure should be used, and the bert time at which it should be incorporated with the ..."

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