haystack
haystack
Definition
hay·stack (-stak′)
noun
a large heap of hay piled up outdoors
haystack
Synonyms
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.
