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boneyard.

A graveyard.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈboʊnˌjɑɹd/General-American
  1. A graveyard.

    informal
  2. In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down pieces that have yet to be used.

  3. A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft etc; a junkyard.

    slang
    B-52s in a boneyard
    a 440 V-8 from the boneyard
  4. An area scraped down to the mineral soil, so that smouldering material can be placed there without starting another fire.

Where this word comes from

From bone + yard.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.