What does bone yard mean?
Bone yard means (informal) A graveyard..
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/ˈboʊnˌjɑɹd/ · noun
(informal) A graveyard..
B-52s in a boneyard
a 440 V-8 from the boneyard
Or what is conveyed to those unversed in railway matters by reports following a shed visit that "the frame of Claud Hamilton lay in the boneyard and had many endearing messages of farewell chalked on it"?
The “Boneyard” is a place of antiques and historic symbolism, a burial ground for aircraft.
Beginning in December 1969, the entire fleet was retired to the “boneyard” at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.
Use bone yard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bone yard means (informal) A graveyard..
Common synonyms include aircraft graveyard.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
B-52s in a boneyard
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