haystack

ˈheɪstæk

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Definition of haystack - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

agriculturelarge pile of hay stored outdoors

The farmer built a haystack for winter.

pile

rick

stack

figurativelarge amount of something, hard to sort through

Finding the error in the code was like looking for a needle in a haystack..

mound

pile

technology

TECH.

text string to search within

TECH.

The code searches for a needle in a haystack.

document

file

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large pile of hay stored outdoors

Expressions with haystack

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needle in a haystack

something extremely hard to find or an impossible search

Finding my keys here is like a needle in a haystack.

Origin of haystack

Old English, heg (hay) + stac (stack)

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hayrick

farming

haystack used for animal feed

Examples of haystack in a sentence

The haystack caught fire during the storm.
Sorting through the data felt like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Finding her in the crowd was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Finding the error in the haystack of logs was challenging.
The search algorithm quickly scanned the haystack for matches.

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French:meule de foin, texte cible, ...
German:Heuhaufen, Strohschober, ...
Italian:pagliaio, ...
Spanish:pajar, texto de búsqueda, ...
Portuguese:pilha de feno, palheiro, ...
Chinese:干草堆, 难以处理的大量事物, ...
Japanese:干し草の山, 膨大な量, ...
Arabic:كَوْمَة تِبْن, كَوْمَة قَشّ, ...
Hebrew:עֲרֵימַת חָצִיר, עֲרֵימַת שַׁחַת, ...
Russian:стог сена, огромное количество, ...
Ukrainian:стіжок, копиця сіна, ...
Hindi:घास का ढेर, बड़ी मात्रा, ...
Bengali:খড়ের গাদা, টেক্সট স্ট্রিং, ...
Catalan:paller, garber, ...
Czech:stoh, prohledávaný řetězec, ...
Danish:høstak, tekststreng, ...
Dutch:hooiberg, hoop, ...
Greek:θημωνιά, σωρός από άχυρα, ...
Hungarian:szénaboglya, szénakazal, ...
Khmer:គំនរចំបើង, ចំនួនដ៏ច្រើនសន្ធឹកសន្ធាប់ ដែលពិបាករុករក, ...
Korean:건초 더미, 건초, ...
Persian:کپه کاه, کپه یونجه, ...
Polish:stóg siana, sterta siana, ...
Portuguese (BR):pilha de feno, palheiro, ...
Romanian:claie de fân, căpiță de fân, ...
Swedish:höstack, textmassa, ...
Thai:กองหญ้าแห้ง, กองฟาง, ...
Turkish:saman yığını, samanlık, ...
Vietnamese:đống cỏ khô, ...

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