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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for boneyard
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Noun
  • National cemeteries will continue burials, and families can still apply for markers, headstones and burial benefits.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • There are at least 150 cemeteries inside the park, according to the book Cemeteries of the Smokies.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Aside from paying your respects to these icons on a cemetery tour, visit in the summer for its famous Cinespia screenings, when the graveyard transforms into an open-air cinema that projects films onto a mausoleum wall, surrounded by intricate headstones.
    Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Guests can expect to see spooky creatures, a graveyard, a carnival of chaos and five haunted houses.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Boneyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boneyard. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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