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boneyards

boneyards is the plural of boneyard.

Meaning of boneyard

Noun

boneyard (plural boneyards)

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

Questions about boneyards

What is boneyards the plural of?
Boneyards is the plural of boneyard.

Words near boneyards in the dictionary

  1. bonework
  2. boneworm
  3. boneworms
  4. boney
  5. boneyard
  6. boneyards
  7. boneyness
  8. Boneys
  9. Bonferroni
  10. Bonferroni correction
  11. Bonferroni corrections

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