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. 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 See All Example Sentences for boneyard
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Noun
  • However, probably my favorite place to stay is in Recoleta, home to the imposing cemetery where Eva Peron is buried.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • And hundreds, if not thousands, of jack-o-lanterns in all sizes and colors, a zoo of skeleton animals (even octopus), cutesy yard signs, gigantic inflatables and enough grave stones to fill a cemetery.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • This graveyard is its own country, a nation dedicated to the dead.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • But the 33-acre graveyard — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — has been thrown a $150,000 state grant lifeline to tackle some of the most pressing maintenance.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025

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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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