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You might be interested in "driveway":

  • A driveway (also called drive in UK English)1 is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
    (Wikipedia)
  • driveway
    noun
    A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building.
    ‘one of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway’
    (Lexico)

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The fact that you could park your car there makes me think of this. Also, driveways are often used recreationally. It's not uncommon for kids to play there, or for families to set up make-shift basketball courts on them, for example.

In AmE, at least for a small house (like the one pictured above), I imagine the yard to be a grassy area. See number 2 below.

Definition of yard
1 a : a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : court
b : the grounds of a building or group of buildings
2 : the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass
(M-W)

You might be interested in "driveway":

  • A driveway (also called drive in UK English)1 is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
    (Wikipedia)
  • driveway
    noun
    A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building.
    ‘one of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway’
    (Lexico)

enter image description here

The fact that you could park your car there makes me think of this. Also, driveways are often used recreationally. It's not uncommon for kids to play there, or for families to set up make-shift basketball courts on them, for example.

You might be interested in "driveway":

  • A driveway (also called drive in UK English)1 is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
    (Wikipedia)
  • driveway
    noun
    A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building.
    ‘one of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway’
    (Lexico)

enter image description here

The fact that you could park your car there makes me think of this. Also, driveways are often used recreationally. It's not uncommon for kids to play there, or for families to set up make-shift basketball courts on them, for example.

In AmE, at least for a small house (like the one pictured above), I imagine the yard to be a grassy area. See number 2 below.

Definition of yard
1 a : a small usually walled and often paved area open to the sky and adjacent to a building : court
b : the grounds of a building or group of buildings
2 : the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass
(M-W)

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Em.
Em.
  • 45.4k
  • 12
  • 136
  • 149

You might be interested in "driveway":

  • A driveway (also called drive in UK English)1 is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.
    (Wikipedia)
  • driveway
    noun
    A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building.
    ‘one of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway’
    (Lexico)

enter image description here

The fact that you could park your car there makes me think of this. Also, driveways are often used recreationally. It's not uncommon for kids to play there, or for families to set up make-shift basketball courts on them, for example.