Definition of Schoolyard

1. Noun. The yard associated with a school.

Generic synonyms: Yard

Definition of Schoolyard

1. Noun. The grounds around a school. ¹

2. Noun. An open field near a school used for recreation by the students. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolyard

schoolteacher
schoolteacherish
schoolteacherly
schoolteachers
schoolteaching
schooltime
schooltimes
schoolward
schoolwards
schoolwear
schoolwide
schoolwise
schoolwork
schoolworks
schooly
schoolyard (current term)
schoolyards
schooner
schoonerite
schooners
schorl
schorlaceous
schorlous
schorls
schorly
schottische
schottisches
schout
schouts
schradan

Literary usage of Schoolyard

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

1. America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science by Susan R. Singer, Margaret L. Hilton, Heidi A. Schweingruber (2006)
"... BIODIVERSITY IN A CITY schoolyard Gregory Walker taught fifth grade in a predominantly low-income urban school in northwestern Massachusetts. ..."

2. Letters to Teachers: And Other Papers of the Hour by Hartley Burr Alexander (1919)
"... LETTER IV THE schoolyard FOR the nonce I should like to be visionary and indulge an Utopian fancy—remembering (as I would have my readers remember) that ..."

3. Letters to Teachers: And Other Papers of the Hour by Hartley Burr Alexander (1919)
"... LETTER IV THE schoolyard FOR the nonce I should like to be visionary and indulge an Utopian fancy—remembering (as I would have my readers remember) that ..."

4. The Bobbsey Twins: Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out by Laura Lee Hope (1904)
"... XVIII A QUARREL IN THE schoolyard THREE days after the grand sleighing party to Dalton, Nan came down to breakfast looking very pale and worried. ..."

5. Eton by Arthur Clutton-Brock (1900)
"THE schoolyard IN 1816. (From Ackermann.) CHAPTER II SCHOOL LIFE IN THE XVI CENTURY WILLIAM MALIM was head master from 1555 to 1563 (the dates are only ..."

6. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1895)
"Dinner being over, they march back in the order as before into the schoolyard, and with the third round the ceremony is concluded. The motto on the ensign's ..."

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