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A yard is an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building. The yard is any part of a property surrounding or associated with a residential structure, usually (although not necessarily) separate from a garden (where plant maintenance is more formalized). A yard will typically consist mostly of lawn or play area. The yard in front of a house is referred to as a frontyard, the area at the rear is known as a backyard. Backyards are generally more private and are thus a more common location for recreation.Yard size varies with population density. In urban centres many houses have very small or even no yards at all. In the suburbs yards are generally much larger and have rooms for such amenities as a patio or swimming pool.
In British English the above description would describe a garden, similarly subdivided into a front-garden and a back-garden.
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