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a narrow street or passage between or behind buildings

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an alley

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a covered passage at the side of a building

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an outside area behind a house or other building

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an area behind a house covered with a hard brick or stone surface

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a narrow path between or behind buildings, that is closed at one end

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an area surrounded by a fence and sometimes covered with a dry grass roof, used for outdoor meals and parties

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an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university

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an area of land containing all the main buildings of a large company or organization

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an area or a building where people can leave their cars for a short time

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a covered path around an open area in the centre of a large building such as a cathedral or monastery

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the area around a cathedral including the buildings belonging to it

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a courtyard

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a square area that is surrounded by buildings or walls

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a wooden floor that is built onto the outside of the back of a house. The usual British word is decking.

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a wooden floor that is built outside a house or in a garden

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a drive in front of someone’s house

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a very large area of land that belongs to one person, usually with a very big house on it

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an open area in front of a large building or petrol station

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the area outside the part of a building that faces forwards

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the area in front of something such as a building or street

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an area of land next to a house that belongs to the house, usually with grass and plants growing in it. The American word is yard

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a section of an area of land next to or near a house that is used for growing flowers or vegetables

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an area that someone owns, often including the buildings on it. You can also refer to someone’s lands, and this has the same meaning

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an area of land containing a manor

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an enclosed area of grass and trees surrounding a large country house

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a flat area covered with stone, brick etc at the back of a house, where people can sit outside

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in architecture, a line of columns that surrounds an outdoor space such as a garden inside a building, or the space surrounded by these columns

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a veranda

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the area around an important building, especially a college or cathedral

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a square area in a school or university surrounded on all sides by buildings

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the kind of area that surrounds a place, used especially by people who sell houses or property. A more usual word is location

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an open area of land in the shape of a square, usually with buildings around it. ‘Square’ is often used in the names of roads and can be written Sq

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a veranda (=open area with a floor and roof joined to a house) or series of wooden steps leading up to a house

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a raised area outside the front door of a house

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a wooden structure around a house where you can sit and enjoy the sun

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a flat area outside a house, restaurant, hotel etc, used for sitting and eating meals

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a covered area along the outside of a house, often enclosed by a low wall

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a path that has been built for people to walk along, especially one that is above ground level and connects two buildings

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a narrow place surrounded by high buildings where there is always a lot of wind

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an enclosed area around a large building where people can do activities outside

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a large open area used for a particular purpose

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an area without grass at the back of a small house

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a garden around a house