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# haystack

noun (a haystack, haystacks)

«haystack» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A haystack is a large pile or stack of dried grass (hay) kept outside on a farm to feed animals in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and on farms, hay is now often rolled into round bales, but old stories and paintings show haystacks. The phrase «like looking for a needle in a haystack» means something is almost impossible to find. In safety, haystacks and hay bales can catch fire and should not be played on without permission. Famous paintings of haystacks were made by Claude Monet.

### Examples

- The farmer built a big haystack next to the barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x1)
- Finding my earring on the beach was like looking for a needle in a haystack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x2)
- The children hid behind the haystack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x3)
- Monet painted haystacks in different light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x4)
- The horses eat the hay from the haystack in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x5)
- Searching the internet without good words is like searching a haystack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x6)
- Ivan drove the cattle into the pastures, but he himself perched on the top of a haystack while the cattle grazed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/#x7)

### Note

Countable. One word. Hay is dried grass for animals; straw is the dry stalks left after grain is harvested — they are not the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «haystack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haystack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«haystack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haystack.html) on Mova free.