courtyard
noun
court·yard
ˈkȯrt-ˌyärd 
: a court or enclosure adjacent to a building (such as a house or palace)
Synonyms of courtyard
Examples of courtyard in a Sentence
The apartment overlooks a courtyard.
a series of lunchtime concerts in the museum's open-air courtyard
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After that, a Tuscan dinner will be served up in the palace courtyard.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Square-jawed detectives were tripping over corpses at midtown construction sites, blind vigilantes were redecorating Hell’s Kitchen with body parts and even poor Lester the doorman ended up dead in an Upper West Side courtyard fountain.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Just keep in mind that the interior maternity ward rooms sitting around the courtyard are privy to some noise bubbling up from the restaurant below, though only the lightest of sleepers are likely to notice.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Colwell said the plans also call for a new event space and entry plaza, a concessions building, courtyard, offices, accessibility improvements and better pedestrian access.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Square-jawed detectives were tripping over corpses at midtown construction sites, blind vigilantes were redecorating Hell’s Kitchen with body parts and even poor Lester the doorman ended up dead in an Upper West Side courtyard fountain.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Just keep in mind that the interior maternity ward rooms sitting around the courtyard are privy to some noise bubbling up from the restaurant below, though only the lightest of sleepers are likely to notice.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Colwell said the plans also call for a new event space and entry plaza, a concessions building, courtyard, offices, accessibility improvements and better pedestrian access.
—Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for courtyard
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“Courtyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtyard. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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courtyard
noun
court·yard
-ˌyärd
: a court or enclosure next to a building
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