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CURTILAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The enclosed land around a house or other building

Example:

it was a small house with almost no yard

Synonyms:

curtilage; grounds; yard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("curtilage" is a kind of...):

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "curtilage"):

backyard (the grounds in back of a house)

dooryard (a yard outside the front or rear door of a house)

front yard (the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street)

garden (a yard or lawn adjoining a house)

playground (yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play)

side yard (the grounds at either side of a house)

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