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
Dinosaur biology became dynamic, rather than a boneyard.
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New Atlas, 24 June 2025
His dad worked at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force base in Tucson and his family lived near the end of the runway.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
Loading your audio article Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards.
—Claire Grunewald, Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2024
Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards.
—Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
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New Atlas, 24 June 2025
His dad worked at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force base in Tucson and his family lived near the end of the runway.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
Loading your audio article Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards.
—Claire Grunewald, Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2024
Last year’s historic marine heat wave turned Florida’s coral reefs into bleached boneyards.
—Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boneyard
Noun
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The cemetery was divided in two by a windbreak of giant elms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Palestinians living nearby said remains exhumed during the search were left exposed in the cemetery without reburial.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These trees, this graveyard, her walk among them mocked that memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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