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HAYSTACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stack of hay

Synonyms:

hayrick; haystack; rick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("haystack" is a kind of...):

stack (an orderly pile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haystack"):

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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 Context examples: 

It cost me some trouble to find out Salem House; but I found it, and I found a haystack in the corner, and I lay down by it; having first walked round the wall, and looked up at the windows, and seen that all was dark and silent within.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)