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strawstack

strawstack

5.3
A large pile of dry straw on a farm for animal bedding
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɔːˌstæk/
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  • The horse found a comfortable spot next to the strawstack and laid down to rest.

Examples

  • After the harvest, the workers stacked the leftovers into a tall strawstack for storage.

  • The farmer used the strawstack to provide bedding for his animals during the winter.

  • The strawstack in the meadow, and the reaper in the shed;

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Synonyms

rick
vsstrawstack
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A stack of hay or straw kept outdoors

is a large pile of dried stalks kept for storage or animal bedding

How Big

barnful
9.6
strawstack
5.3

Surface Forms

strawstack singular
strawstacks plural

Morphology

strawstack = straw + stack (transparent) = straw + stack

A straightforward compound whose meaning is directly the combination of 'straw' and 'stack' (a pile of straw).

Etymology

Strawstack is a simple compound of straw ('dried stalks of grain') and stack ('a pile'), so it literally names a big pile of straw on a farm used for storage or animal bedding. Picture children hiding in it after harvest or cows resting beside it.