Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A large stack of hay, especially as left in a field to dry. Also called hayrick.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large stack or pile of hay, made in the open air as a means of storing or preserving the hay. It is finished above in conical form, or in the form of a ridged roof, and the sides are generally made to project somewhat for better protection from rain.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stack of hay
Etymologies
- From hay + stack. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“NSA thinks the way you find a needle in a haystack is to add more hay.”
“Case researchers discover methods to find 'needles in haystack' in data”
“The competition is administered by HASTAC "haystack"---Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, an innovative "Web 2.0" virtual institution of more than eighty institutes, centers, and community organizations anchored at the University of California Humanities Research Institute and the John Hope Franklin Center at Duke University.”
“It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, and the haystack is the Pacific Ocean," agent Tim Feige says, minutes before sunrise.”
The Huffington Post: Illegal Immigrants Turn To The Sea To Slip Into U.S.
“ Finding a needle in a haystack is a heck of a lot easier if the haystack has 2,500 needles " .”
“And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack.”
“I love reading differing views and trying to seek out the "needle" truth in the media "haystack" - sotospeak.”
Obama's longtime doctor says healthcare reform plan falls short
“Against this background, let's take a look at the most influential model that led to the rejection of group selection, which is affectionately known as the haystack model.”
David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection VIII: Anatomy of a Model
“A needle in a haystack is a perfect way to put it.”
“Looking for a needle in a haystack is a frustrating task, but the sense of existential angst brought by the possibility that the needle has already been removed doesn't exactly make it a hell of a lot more fun. ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘haystack’.
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Speaking in Tongues - an REM list
Words heard in various REM songs that I enjoy and that I think are indicative of the band. Not too literally, of course.
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Winter Solstice
Words that have something to do with the holidays that fall on or near the Winter Solstice
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Yeats is the place.
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H is for Hat Trick
My H Words
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Pruufreadr's Words
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FOOD!!
cheese, burritos, enchiladas, fritos, spaghetti, parmesean, haystack, tofu
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