name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
haycock
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CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 K AA2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small conical pile of hay, or a heap of hay thrown up in a hayfield while the hay is being cured or awaiting relocation to a haystack or barn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hayshock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cock
noun
Meaning 3
a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: haystack, hayrick, rick
History
Etymology
From Middle English haycok, hacoke, haycoke; equivalent to hay + cock (“conical heap”).