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Webster 1913 Edition
Haystack
Hay′stackˊ
(hā′stăkˊ)
, Noun.
A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Webster 1828 Edition
Haystack
HA'YSTACK
,Noun.
Definition 2024
haystack
haystack
English
Noun
haystack (plural haystacks)
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- (canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.
- (programming, PHP) The text string within which another string is searched for.
- 2010, Peter MacIntyre, PHP: The Good Parts (page 39)
- Both of these functions will look through the haystack for the specified needle and, if they find it, will return the portion of the string from the beginning of the needle to the end of the haystack.
- 2010, Peter MacIntyre, PHP: The Good Parts (page 39)
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a mound, pile, or stack of stored hay
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