name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈheɪˌstæk/
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CMU ARPABET:HH EY1 S T AE2 K
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name
Meaning 1
A locality in the Kyogle council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A standing wave in a rapid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: canoeing
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Any place or collection of items through which one searches for something that is rare and hard to find.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
noun
Meaning 7
a stack of hay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hayrick, rick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stack
Narrower terms: haycock
History
Etymology
From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay + stack.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
mullar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Aragonese:
nieda
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Armenian:
դեզ
(dez)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Asturian:
payar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Asturian:
payera
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Asturian:
balagar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Asturian:
payeru
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Bashkir:
кәбән
(kəbən)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Bashkir:
күбә
(kübə)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Belarusian:
стог
(stoh)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Belarusian:
стог се́на
(stoh sjéna)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Belarusian:
капа́
(kapá)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Bulgarian:
ку́па
(kúpa)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Bulgarian:
ку́па се́но
(kúpa séno)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Catalan:
paller
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Chechen:
хола
(xola)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Chinese Mandarin:
草垛
(cǎoduǒ)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Czech:
kupka sena
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Czech:
stoh
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Danish:
høstak
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Dutch:
hooiberg
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Esperanto:
fojnamaso
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Faroese:
sáta
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Faroese:
hoysáta
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Faroese:
des
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Finnish:
heinäsuova
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
French:
meule de foin
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Galician:
palleiro
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Galician:
medeiro
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Galician:
brugueiro
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Georgian:
ზვინი
(zvini)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
German:
Heuschober
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
German:
Heuhaufen
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Hebrew:
ערימת שחת
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Hungarian:
szénaboglya
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Hungarian:
szénakazal
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Icelandic:
heystakkur
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Icelandic:
hey
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Ingrian:
heinäkeko
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Italian:
pagliaio
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Italian:
bica
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Japanese:
干し草の山
(hoshikusa no yama)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Kazakh:
шөмеле
(şömele)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Kazakh:
мая
(maä)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Korean:
건초더미
(geonchodeomi)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Laz:
ბარდი
(bardi)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Macedonian:
стог
(stog)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Macedonian:
пласт
(plast)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Malayalam:
തുറു
(tuṟu)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Norwegian Bokmål:
høystakk
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Norwegian Nynorsk:
høystakk
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Church Slavic:
стогъ
(stogŭ)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Old East Slavic:
стогъ
(stogŭ)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Plautdietsch:
Heihupen
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Polish:
stóg
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Polish:
stóg siana
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Portuguese:
meda
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Portuguese:
monte de feno
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Portuguese:
palheiro
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Russian:
стог
(stog)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Russian:
стог се́на
(stog séna)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Russian:
копна́
(kopná)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Serbo-Croatian:
стог
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Serbo-Croatian:
пласт
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Serbo-Croatian:
stog
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Serbo-Croatian:
plast
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Slovak:
kôpka sena
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Slovene:
kopica
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Lower Sorbian:
stog
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Upper Sorbian:
stóh
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
almiar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
pajar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
bálago
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
balaguero
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
balagar
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
nial
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
niara
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
montonera
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
borguil
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
henazo
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Spanish:
niazo
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Swedish:
höstack
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Tagalog:
mandala ng dayami
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Turkish:
saman yığını
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Turkish:
tınaz
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Ukrainian:
стіг
(stih)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Ukrainian:
стіг сі́на
(stih sína)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Ukrainian:
копи́ця
(kopýcja)
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
Welsh:
tas wair
— a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay