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HAYMOW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loft in a barn where hay is stored

Synonyms:

hayloft; haymow; mow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("haymow" is a kind of...):

attic; garret; loft (floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage)

Holonyms ("haymow" is a part of...):

barn (an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("haymow" is a kind of...):

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad ((often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent)

Meronyms (substance of "haymow"):

hay (grass mowed and cured for use as fodder)

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