boneyard
Americannoun
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Slang. a cemetery.
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Slang. an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of.
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Also called stock. Dominoes. the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has made an initial draw.
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a place or area where the bones of wild animals accumulate or are collected.
noun
Etymology
Origin of boneyard
Example Sentences
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He is talking about Wrap Distribution in Oxfordshire - a 100,000 square foot destination for Da Vinci Codes, a true boneyard for best sellers.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
Westbank found its plane at a boneyard in the southern California desert.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Next door is a boneyard, with cranes jutting into the sky.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
And at the perimeter of this boneyard lies one much larger skeleton: that of the moose he shot, and subsequently agonized over.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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