schoolyard

noun

school·yard ˈskül-ˌyärd

plural schoolyards

: the area next to or surrounding a school where students typically play games or sports

He organized a marbles tournament that could take place only in the schoolyard during recess.—

Jerry Spinelli

… there was a schoolboyish quality to the way he did it—as if he were trying to show that he was the biggest, toughest boy in the schoolyard.—

Elizabeth Drew

—often used before another noun

schoolyard games

a schoolyard bully

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The benefits of greening Denver’s schoolyards have rippled outward Landscape architect Lois Brink began thinking more about the impact of playgrounds after seeing the bleak yard at her children’s school. —

Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2024 On a dusty schoolyard in Kajiado County, south of Nairobi, Kenya, a sense of excitement fills the air as the lunch bell rings at G.K. Athi River Primary School. —

Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 Contrast that with last night’s presidential debate, which was more akin to the schoolyard. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024 Though lessons of fair play and sportsmanship are still taught in the schoolyard, the guiding light of professional sports has become money, not morality. —

Washington Post, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for schoolyard