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KORT-y-ahd/ˈkɔːtjɑːd/

A courtyard is an open area surrounded by walls or buildings, often inside a larger building: a school courtyard; courtyard housing. Quad is a close twin in colleges; yard is broader and often working. Map the courtyard on the site plan, then the access. Mix-up: courtyard vs court (the law or the monarch); backyard (more US/domestic); do not write courtyard for a hotel slogan with no plan.

Meaning

An open area surrounded by walls or buildings, often inside a larger building.

Examples

• “Map the courtyard on the site plan, then the access, not a hotel slogan.”
• “Courtyard housing featured in the density case, which is the urban-design sense — still quote dwellings per hectare if given.”

Good to know

a school / palace courtyard; courtyard housing. Close: quad / yard. Trap: law court. Geography, history, and design. An open area enclosed by buildings — map the access.

Near in meaning

quad, yard, forecourt

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