courtyard
n.
entry court, yard surrounded by the walls of a building
Courtyard
n.
worldwide network of hotels (owned by Marriott)
Courtyard
For alternative meanings of the word "court", see:
Court (disambiguation).A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a
building that is open to the sky. These areas in
inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of
court.
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courtyard
Noun
1. a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
(synonym) court
(hypernym) yard, grounds, curtilage
(hyponym) atrium
(part-holonym) building, edifice
Courtyard
(n.)
A court or inclosure attached to a house.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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courtyard
Synonyms and related words:
arena, cincture, close, confine, container, coop, court, curtilage, delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, ground, list, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, square, theater, toft, yard
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.