Haystack
noun
A stack of straw or hay in a field or farm.
The farmer stacks the hay into a neat haystack.
Often appears as...
- needle in a haystack
- stack a haystack
noun
A large amount or number of something, making finding something else difficult.
Finding the right book in the library was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Often appears as...
- like a needle in a haystack
- haystack of paperwork
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Idiomatic
noun
A stack of straw or hay in a field or farm.
The farmer stacks the hay into a neat haystack.
Often appears as...
- needle in a haystack
- stack a haystack
noun
A large amount or number of something, making finding something else difficult.
Finding the right book in the library was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Often appears as...
- like a needle in a haystack
- haystack of paperwork
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
The term 'haystack' often evokes images of farms and countryside, which can help understanding related vocabulary.
She painted the barn, complete with chickens and a large haystack.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Size
'Haystack' suggests a notable size and visible from a distance, which emphasizes its large physical presence.
The kids loved to play king of the hill on top of the giant haystack.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Work
Building a haystack is a traditional agricultural task, emphasizing the work involved in farming.
After harvesting, the farmers worked tirelessly to form the haystack before the rain.
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
The term 'haystack' often evokes images of farms and countryside, which can help understanding related vocabulary.
She painted the barn, complete with chickens and a large haystack.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Size
'Haystack' suggests a notable size and visible from a distance, which emphasizes its large physical presence.
The kids loved to play king of the hill on top of the giant haystack.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Work
Building a haystack is a traditional agricultural task, emphasizing the work involved in farming.
After harvesting, the farmers worked tirelessly to form the haystack before the rain.
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
The term 'haystack' often evokes images of farms and countryside, which can help understanding related vocabulary.
She painted the barn, complete with chickens and a large haystack.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Size
'Haystack' suggests a notable size and visible from a distance, which emphasizes its large physical presence.
The kids loved to play king of the hill on top of the giant haystack.
Pro Tip 3/3Seasonal Work
Building a haystack is a traditional agricultural task, emphasizing the work involved in farming.
After harvesting, the farmers worked tirelessly to form the haystack before the rain.
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How we're using dogs to...
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Now scientists have been trying to solve this problem for some years, but what I want to talk to you about today is that the solution to this problem may have been right under our noses this whole time. Now that was a bit of a heavy start, with lots of really important statistics,
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A needle in countless...
Many of those stars have planets orbiting them. So how do we look for life in all that immensity? It's like searching for a needle in trillions of haystacks. We might want to focus our search on planets that we know can support life as we know it -- what we call habitable worlds. What do such planets look like?
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Searching for the...
complicated problems he was working on a phd in molecular ecology before deciding to become a wildlife photographer still this is almost a mission impossible situation the terrain is so rugged and the temperatures are so extreme that finding a snow leopard is like finding a needle in a haystack
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Dare to disagree PIPE...
This really was a needle in a haystack sort of search, so she asked everything she could think of. Had the children eaten boiled sweets? Had they consumed colored drinks? Did they eat fish and chips? Did they have indoor or outdoor plumbing? What time of life had they started school?
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Michael Lombardi:...
rectangle a that the world's perfect quadrat right for all the field people out there we collected what turned out to be a dozen new species of marine sponge okay a tremendous amount of biodiversity and space that big right I mean it's a it's a neat it's a needle in the haystack
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How we're using AI to...
to find many needles in multiple haystacks simultaneously. We've already had some early success. Recently, we used machine learning to discover new antibiotics that can help us fight off the bacterial infections that can occur alongside SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
you can physically put your fingers on. But memory is not. And also, there's way more cells in your brain than the number of straws in a typical haystack. So yeah, this task does seem to be daunting. But luckily, we got help from the brain itself.
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Shifting the visual...
community this is the advance that happened and the images were black and white where the nuclei popped out like very bright needles in a dark haystack and this made the tumors jump out and
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How the Collared Pika...
his supply half a meter wide and 30 centimeters deep this haystack is his survival rations he's chosen the contents meticulously
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A Collection Of Autumn...
half a meter wide and 30 centimeters deep this haystack is his survival rations
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How we're using dogs to...
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Now scientists have been trying to solve this problem for some years, but what I want to talk to you about today is that the solution to this problem may have been right under our noses this whole time. Now that was a bit of a heavy start, with lots of really important statistics,
Video examples
A needle in countless...
Many of those stars have planets orbiting them. So how do we look for life in all that immensity? It's like searching for a needle in trillions of haystacks. We might want to focus our search on planets that we know can support life as we know it -- what we call habitable worlds. What do such planets look like?
Video examples
Searching for the...
complicated problems he was working on a phd in molecular ecology before deciding to become a wildlife photographer still this is almost a mission impossible situation the terrain is so rugged and the temperatures are so extreme that finding a snow leopard is like finding a needle in a haystack
Video examples
Dare to disagree PIPE...
This really was a needle in a haystack sort of search, so she asked everything she could think of. Had the children eaten boiled sweets? Had they consumed colored drinks? Did they eat fish and chips? Did they have indoor or outdoor plumbing? What time of life had they started school?
Video examples
Michael Lombardi:...
rectangle a that the world's perfect quadrat right for all the field people out there we collected what turned out to be a dozen new species of marine sponge okay a tremendous amount of biodiversity and space that big right I mean it's a it's a neat it's a needle in the haystack
Video examples
How we're using AI to...
to find many needles in multiple haystacks simultaneously. We've already had some early success. Recently, we used machine learning to discover new antibiotics that can help us fight off the bacterial infections that can occur alongside SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Video examples
Steve Ramirez and Xu...
you can physically put your fingers on. But memory is not. And also, there's way more cells in your brain than the number of straws in a typical haystack. So yeah, this task does seem to be daunting. But luckily, we got help from the brain itself.
Video examples
Shifting the visual...
community this is the advance that happened and the images were black and white where the nuclei popped out like very bright needles in a dark haystack and this made the tumors jump out and
Video examples
How the Collared Pika...
his supply half a meter wide and 30 centimeters deep this haystack is his survival rations he's chosen the contents meticulously
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A Collection Of Autumn...
half a meter wide and 30 centimeters deep this haystack is his survival rations
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Jan C. Ting
American Politician
Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.
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Ronnie Barker
English Comedian
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
How do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded, wearing baseball mitts.
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Bill Atkinson
American Designer
Being an app developer isn't at all like working at Apple. There is this huge haystack of apps, and even a very shiny needle can get lost in that haystack.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
We're trying to find needles in the haystack, and the needles are going dark, and it's because of this phenomenon we can't track their movements.
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Wally Funk
I'm just disappointed the folks never took a picture of me when I was five years old jumping off the barn into a haystack with my Superman cape.
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Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
Haystacks Calhoun has never been lifted because he has never been in the ring with Bruno Sammartino.
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Lee Unkrich
American Director
Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.
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John C. Bogle
American Businessman
Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack.
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Jan C. Ting
American Politician
Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.
Quote examples
Ronnie Barker
English Comedian
But first, the news: The House of Commons was sealed off today after police chased an escaped lunatic through the front door during Prime Minister's question time. A spokesman at Scotland Yard said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
How do you find a buried city in a vast landscape? Finding it randomly would be the equivalent of locating a needle in a haystack, blindfolded, wearing baseball mitts.
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Bill Atkinson
American Designer
Being an app developer isn't at all like working at Apple. There is this huge haystack of apps, and even a very shiny needle can get lost in that haystack.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
We're trying to find needles in the haystack, and the needles are going dark, and it's because of this phenomenon we can't track their movements.
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Wally Funk
I'm just disappointed the folks never took a picture of me when I was five years old jumping off the barn into a haystack with my Superman cape.
Quote examples
Bruno Sammartino
Italian Wrestler
Haystacks Calhoun has never been lifted because he has never been in the ring with Bruno Sammartino.
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Lee Unkrich
American Director
Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.
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John C. Bogle
American Businessman
Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin in a haystack.
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