boneyard

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boneyard

/ˈboʊnˌjɑɹd/ US

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From bone + yard.

noun boneyards

informal A graveyard.
In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down pieces that have yet to be used.
slang A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft etc; a junkyard. B-52s in a boneyard
Similar: aircraft graveyard
An area scraped down to the mineral soil, so that smouldering material can be placed there without starting another fire.

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@misc{boneyard_2026,
  title = {boneyard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boneyard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}