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
Visitors can also participate in boneyard games, a dig site and the Dinos after Dark event.
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Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
His conversations from a decade ago provide clues as to how race science was picked out of the boneyard of history and reanimated into a force that’s influencing U.S. politics right now.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Without these organisms, which provide the corals with food and bestow their stunning colors, the reef becomes a boneyard.
—Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
The state’s political boneyard has a number of Lake County candidates residing there.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
His conversations from a decade ago provide clues as to how race science was picked out of the boneyard of history and reanimated into a force that’s influencing U.S. politics right now.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
Without these organisms, which provide the corals with food and bestow their stunning colors, the reef becomes a boneyard.
—Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
The state’s political boneyard has a number of Lake County candidates residing there.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boneyard
Noun
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Willerslev and other researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia's Lake Baikal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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The region was rich in resources, including waters for fishing, and the cemeteries show that the hunter-gatherers buried their dead nearby for generations — perhaps to claim the region for themselves, Macleod said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The road wound upwards, past a sloping graveyard and cedar trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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These graveyards form when whale carcasses fall to the sea floor, becoming a sustaining snack for nearby critters.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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