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# schoolyard

«schoolyard» in Mova's school dictionary: **the outdoor area next to a school where children play at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a schoolyard, schoolyards)

### meaning for a pupil

A schoolyard is the outdoor area next to a school where children play at break time (UK: playground). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In US and Canadian stories children play, line up and sometimes fight in the schoolyard. Phrases: «schoolyard games», «schoolyard bully», «in the schoolyard».

### examples

- We played tag in the schoolyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#x1)
- The schoolyard was covered in snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#x2)
- A schoolyard bully took his lunch money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#x3)
- Line up in the schoolyard when the bell rings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#x4)
- The schoolyard is 40 m long and 25 m wide; its area is 1,000 square metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/#x5)

### note

Mostly North American; UK, Australia and New Zealand usually say «playground». One word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «schoolyard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolyard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.