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单词 boneyards
释义

boneyard

noun

bone·​yard ˈbōn-ˌyärd How to pronounce boneyard (audio)
1
: cemetery
2
: a place where worn-out or damaged objects (such as cars) are collected to await disposal

Synonyms

  • cemetery
  • God's acre
  • graveyard
  • memorial park
  • necropolis
  • potter's field
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Example Sentences

a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town
Recent Examples on the Web Terri Nunn walking through a fighter jet boneyard with her own music video that’s already racked up over 17 million views ... before anyone has even seen the movie. Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 Over the past decade a team from Ege University in Izmir has drilled 500 holes deep into Troad soil in a futile search for a large boneyard. Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022 The pink and green Watson's Flowers sign is among the crown jewels of the neon boneyard. Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2022 Two years of extreme drought have turned large stretches of northern Mexico into a boneyard. Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021 The other, 26-year-old G-CIVB, took the even shorter trip to an aircraft boneyard at Kemble in England’s Cotswold hills, though won’t immediately be broken up. Siddharth Vikram Philip, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2020 Residents include the former Mir space station, numerous uncrewed supply spacecraft, and—almost—the first Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, which crashed into the Pacific a few thousand kilometers away from the aquatic boneyard. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 12 May 2020 Residents include the former Mir space station, numerous uncrewed supply spacecraft, and—almost—the first Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, which crashed into the Pacific a few thousand kilometers away from the aquatic boneyard. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 12 May 2020 These planes are stored temporarily, but Victorville also has the longest-term parking: an airplane boneyard, which is what industry people call the airplane equivalent of an automotive junkyard. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

boneyards

noun

plural of boneyard
as in cemeteries
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cemeteries
  • graveyards
  • necropolises
  • churchyards
  • tombs
  • memorial parks
  • mausoleums
  • necropoles
  • catacombs
  • necropoleis
  • necropoli
  • sepulchers
  • potter's fields
  • vaults
  • graves
  • crypts
  • mausolea
  • sepulchres
  • God's acres
  • sepultures
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