different between boneyard vs graveyard

English

Etymology

bone +? yard

Noun

boneyard (plural boneyards)

1. (informal) A graveyard.
2. (dominoes) In the game of dominoes, the pile of upside-down pieces that have yet to be used.
3. (aviation, slang) A dumpsite for obsolete or unusable aircraft.
   • 1999, Naval Aviation News (volumes 82-83, page 37)

     The “Boneyard” is a place of antiques and historic symbolism, a burial ground for aircraft.

   • 2017, William A. Flanagan, Aviation Records in the Jet Age

     Beginning in December 1969, the entire fleet was retired to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.

Synonyms

• (graveyard): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.

English

Etymology

From grave +? yard. Compare West Frisian begraafplak (“graveyard”), Dutch begraafplaats (“graveyard”), Norwegian gravplass (“graveyard”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???e?v?j??d/

Noun

graveyard (plural graveyards)

1. A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
2. (figuratively, by extension) A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
   1. (collectible card games) The discard pile, in some trading card games.
   2. (sports) A team where players are sent when they are not useful, or a team where players become useless if sent there.
3. (US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”)

Synonyms

• (land used for burial): see also Thesaurus:cemetery.

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