as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead
a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town
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Recent Examples of boneyard
Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards.
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Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Driftwood rests on a boneyard beach, a popular term for the weathered remains of shoreline trees that have fallen from an eroding maritime forest due to climate change, last year at Hunting Island State Park in St. Helena, S.C..
—Brie Jackson, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Like Davis-Monthan, these boneyards aren't accessible to the public.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024
Retired planes are sent to aircraft boneyards, also called aircraft graveyards.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024
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Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
Driftwood rests on a boneyard beach, a popular term for the weathered remains of shoreline trees that have fallen from an eroding maritime forest due to climate change, last year at Hunting Island State Park in St. Helena, S.C..
—Brie Jackson, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Like Davis-Monthan, these boneyards aren't accessible to the public.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024
Retired planes are sent to aircraft boneyards, also called aircraft graveyards.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boneyard
Noun
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At a prehistoric cemetery in Iran, archaeologists have discovered a skull belonging to a young woman who lived more than 6,000 years ago.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Wilson was cremated and buried at a cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood, home to UCLA.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Facebook Lead Forms Facebook lead forms were once a gold mine, but are now a graveyard of fake names and ghost emails—low intent, zero commitment.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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And yes, the villainous Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) also returns, reviving his rivalry with with Happy in what appears to be a graveyard.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
19 June 2025
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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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