haystack


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hay·stack

 (hā′stăk′)
n.
A large stack of hay, especially one left in a field. Also called hayrick.
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haystack

(ˈheɪˌstæk) or

hayrick

n
(Agriculture) a large pile of hay, esp one built in the open air and covered with thatch
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hay•stack

(ˈheɪˌstæk)

n.
a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the open air for preservation.
[1425–75]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.haystack - a stack of hayhaystack - a stack of hay      
stack - an orderly pile
haycock - a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick
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Translations
kupka sena
høstak
heinäsuova
stog sijena
干し草の山
건초 더미
höstack
กองหญ้า
đống cỏ khô

haystack

[ˈheɪstæk] Nalmiar m
to be like looking for a needle in a haystackser como buscar una aguja en un pajar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

haystack

[ˈheɪstæk] nmeule f de foin
it's like looking for a needle in a haystack → cela revient à chercher une aiguille dans une meule de foin, cela revient à chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

haystack

[ˈheɪˌstæk] npagliaio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

haystack

كَوْمَةٌ مَضْغُوضَةٌ مِنَ القَشِّ kupka sena høstak Heuhaufen θημωνιά almiar heinäsuova meule de foin stog sijena pagliaio 干し草の山 건초 더미 hooiberg høystakk stóg siana palheiro стог сена höstack กองหญ้า saman yığını đống cỏ khô 干草堆
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
References in classic literature ?
I do not remember, now, what that thing is that is in front of the man who is running, but I think it is a haystack or a woman.
"I s'pose we can go back the way we came, to Jack Pumpkinhead's house, and then turn into the Winkie Country; but that seems like running 'round a haystack, doesn't it?"
But do you suppose I was going to walk into church beside a perambulating haystack like that?"
He can perceive a haystack at an enormous distance when he is interested."
The Aged prepared such a haystack of buttered toast, that I could scarcely see him over it as it simmered on an iron stand hooked on to the top-bar; while Miss Skiffins brewed such a jorum of tea, that the pig in the back premises became strongly excited, and repeatedly expressed his desire to participate in the entertainment.
It is much too long!" My Lady was a vast creature at all times: but, when she frowned and folded her arms, as now, she looked more gigantic than ever, and made one try to fancy what a haystack would look like, if out of temper.
Why, a mongoose, to tackle a monster like that--if there were one--would have to be bigger than a haystack."
This creature has scared at every thing he has seen to-day, except a haystack. He walked up to that with an intrepidity and a recklessness that were astonishing.
The wind was fair but fitful, and it was like looking for a needle in a haystack to raise that tiny boat out of the blue immensity.
"Well, a booky as big almost as a haystack; I have put up two bottles of the gillyflower water for Mrs.
Opposite me was an elderly lady in a great fur cloak, who looked in the dark more like a haystack than a lady, she was wrapped up to such a degree.
In Packingtown the fertilizer is pure, instead of being a flavoring, and instead of a ton or so spread out on several acres under the open sky, there are hundreds and thousands of tons of it in one building, heaped here and there in haystack piles, covering the floor several inches deep, and filling the air with a choking dust that becomes a blinding sandstorm when the wind stirs.