haystack

Signification (Anglais)

1. A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
2. A standing wave in a rapid.
3. The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
4. (broadly) Any place or collection of items through which one searches for something that is rare and hard to find.
5. 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.

Concepts

meule de foin

meule

barge

botte de paille

meulede foin

Synonymes

hayrick

rick

stack

mow

hay-rick

Traductions

hooiberg

Heuschober

opper

hooimijt

almiar

paller

Heuhaufen

pajar

tınaz

Pfostenspeicher

pagliaio

monte de feno

montão de feno

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈheɪˌstæk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: haystak

In summary

From Middle English haystak, haystake, hey stak, equivalent to hay + stack.