boneyard
boneyard Lexical Profile
boneyard Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A storage or disposal area where retired, decommissioned, or dilapidated vehicles, aircraft, ships, or machinery are kept, often for spare parts or recycling.
"The retired commercial airliners were flown to a desert boneyard to be preserved for spare parts."
North American (informal) A cemetery or burial ground.
"The old town boneyard sits atop a quiet hill overlooking the valley."
The reserve pile of unplayed, face-down tiles in a game of dominoes from which players draw.
"Having no matching tile in his hand, he had to draw two more dominoes from the boneyard."
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in mid-19th-century American English from 'bone' and 'yard', originally referring to a place where animal bones were collected for processing or as a slang term for a cemetery.