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
Like Davis-Monthan, these boneyards aren't accessible to the public.
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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
That process began in earnest this spring, with the oldest models selected for the boneyard.
—Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
The last Boeing 747 commercial passenger jet to be delivered was in July 2017 -- a jumbo for Korean Air Lines -- and in January 2018 US passenger operations ended when Delta Air Lines Flight 9771 touched down in a jetliner boneyard in Marana, Arizona.
—Howard Slutsken, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
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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
That process began in earnest this spring, with the oldest models selected for the boneyard.
—Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
The last Boeing 747 commercial passenger jet to be delivered was in July 2017 -- a jumbo for Korean Air Lines -- and in January 2018 US passenger operations ended when Delta Air Lines Flight 9771 touched down in a jetliner boneyard in Marana, Arizona.
—Howard Slutsken, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boneyard
Noun
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The audit also noted a Jewish cemetery in Waterbury that was vandalized with more than 12 gravestones desecrated.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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Concord, South Dakota, has a paint store, a cemetery and four waterfowl protection areas.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Once a silent graveyard of bleached coral, the ocean floor is now crackling with life thanks in part to the use of technology developed by Mars Sustainable Solutions.—
Cat Cardenas,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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Kelly writes in his report that the man caught in the graveyard with Wegman was transported to a local hospital for a pre-existing leg injury.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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