boneyard

boneyard

1. A cemetery or graveyard. I refuse to walk through a boneyard at night—all the graves just creep me out.
2. A place where old, unused things accumulate. A: "It looks like our neighbors' lawn has become a boneyard." B: "Yep, everything there has five layers of rust!"
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

boneyard

1. n. a cemetery. I’d like to be planted in a boneyard like that.
2. n. a junkyard. (From sense 1) This old car’s ready for the boneyard.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bone factory
  • factory
  • graveyard
  • graveyard shift
  • creep in
  • on the scrap heap
  • scrap
  • hair-raising
  • creep into
  • creep
References in periodicals archive
The Boneyard has become so high profile that last night it hosted a display by international BMX champion riders, its biggest event yet.
Touted on its website as "the largest aircraft boneyard in the world," 309 AMARG is a one-of-a-kind specialized facility within the Air Force Material Command structure.
Daniel Keeton works at Bend's Boneyard Brewery tasting room in Oregon and has named his creation Dawg Grog, Stuff.co.nz reported.
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The Boneyard - a vast recycling centre for military planes in the Arizona desert - has been captured in stunning high-resolution detail for the first time on this Google Earth satellite photo.
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The story line also loops through a more personal history, with Worman seeking out, finding and interviewing the car's original owner, as well as sleuthing for parts through the rural boneyard where the car sat rusting for decades.
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The smells he claimed came from the boneyard. During my service with these lads in Munster, Germany, I found them top people.
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Critics say the Boneyard Brigade is encouraging dangerous eating disorders - but 100,000 women, who worship super-slim stars like CALISTA FLOCKHART, have raised the money for legal defence fees.