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boneyard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of boneyard

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
Synonyms of boneyard

cemetery, God's acre, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis, potterʼs field
Words Related to boneyard

catacombs, churchyard

crypt, grave, mausoleum, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb, vault

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