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haystack

name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈheɪˌstæk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EY1 S T AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

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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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

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

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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

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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