boneyard
[
bohn
-yahrd]
/ˈboʊnˌyɑrd/
noun
1.
Slang.
a cemetery.
2.
Slang.
an area where old or discarded cars, ships, planes, etc., are collected prior to being broken up for scrap or otherwise disposed of.
3.
Also called
stock
.
Dominoes.
the bank, consisting of the remaining dominoes after each person has made an initial draw.
4.
a place or area where the bones of wild animals accumulate or are collected.
Origin
1850-55,
Americanism;
bone
1
+
yard
2
Examples from the web for
boneyard
The show is a decorous
boneyard
of defunct merriment, with the odd.
The
boneyard
where the scrubber was stored is in remote areas of the mine property.
British Dictionary definitions for
boneyard
boneyard
/
ˈbəʊnˌjɑːd
/
noun
1.
an informal name for a
cemetery
Slang definitions & phrases for
boneyard
boneyard
noun
A cemetery
: lie on a blanket out on the boneyard
(1860s+)