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haystack Definition

hay·stack (-stak′)

noun

a large heap of hay piled up outdoors

haystack Synonyms

haystack

n.

haystack Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: He said: ' When you are looking for a needle in a haystack, is it necessary to keep building bigger haystacks?

Adjective modifier

  • large: The two boys were playing in front of a large haystack.
  • small: Right opposite this entrance might be seen a small haystack, or the remains of one.
  • big: He said: ' When you are looking for a needle in a haystack, is it necessary to keep building bigger haystacks?
  • proverbial: The whole area is covered in stars, creating a proverbial stellar haystack.
  • underground: Without this technology the job would be similar to looking for needles in an underground haystack.
  • endless: And we know in this information age that there are endless haystacks everywhere.

Preposition: in

  • field: Are those genuine haystacks in that field or are they models?
haystack Quotes

  He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.

—Jackson, Peter

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