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
The state’s political boneyard has a number of Lake County candidates residing there.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Which one is worthy of a Jonathan Bailey clarinet solo, and which will be sent to the boneyard?
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Dinosaur biology became dynamic, rather than a boneyard.
—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
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Which one is worthy of a Jonathan Bailey clarinet solo, and which will be sent to the boneyard?
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 July 2025
Dinosaur biology became dynamic, rather than a boneyard.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boneyard
Noun
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These later burials are called row-grave cemeteries because the graves were perfectly parallel to one another.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, Nickman and another local were clearing debris and mowing the city’s only cemetery, Eternal Oaks.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Left in the thorny bushes of the graveyard is a clue.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Suddenly, the 107 points and the 113 goals garnered over the first 45 league games of a quite remarkable season were going to count for nothing, save for a tilt at the same play-offs that had proved to be the graveyard of their promotion hopes in the semi-finals a year ago.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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