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hayrick

hayrick

9.9
A large stack of hay piled outside to stay dry
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪrɪk/
translation icon : montón de heno
  • The farmer stacked the freshly cut grass into a large hayrick to dry in the sun.

Examples

  • Busting into the brief clearings, the barns and hayricks heaving up now and again, then past, entombed someplace behind them, the headlights no more than a glance in this land of dark.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • After the storm, the hayrick stood tall, providing shelter for the animals nearby.

  • We found a hidden path that led us to a forgotten hayrick at the edge of the field.

Synonyms

haystack
vshayrick
43 1.6

A large pile of dry grass left outside to feed animals

is used for outdoor piling that stresses the water shedding shape rather than storage
rick
vshayrick
  • Archaic
1 9.6

A stack of hay or straw kept outdoors

is specific to hay and stresses a water shedding shape

How Big

hayrick
9.9
stack
182 1.0
heap
53 1.1

Surface Forms

hayrick singular
hayricks plural

Morphology

hayrick = hay + rick (transparent) = hay + rick

The word 'hayrick' is a clear compound of 'hay' and 'rick', both of which directly relate to the meaning of a stack of hay.

Etymology

Hayrick comes from two simple parts, hay and rick, where rick means 'stack' or 'pile'. So a hayrick is literally a large outdoor stack of hay, often shaped so rain can run off.