Main entry: yard, grounds, curtilage
Definition: the enclosed land around a house or other building
Usage: it was a small house with almost no yard
Definition: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
Usage: the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling
Main entry: reason, grounds, cause
Definition: a justification for something existing or happening
Usage: he had no cause to complain; they had good reason to rejoice
Main entry: grounds
Definition: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
Main entry: grounds
Definition: dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
Usage: it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds