hay

Baled livestock feed

Hay is grass or other plants that have been cut and dried for use as animal feed, especially for horses and cattle.

A hay bale is a compressed bundle for storage and transport.

To make hay while the sun shines is to take advantage of favorable conditions.

Hit the hay means go to bed.

To hay is to cut and dry grass for this purpose.

color

golden

Bright yellow, or precious

amber · wheat · honey · tawny · flaxen · buff · ochre · sandy · yellow · pale

forage

alfalfa

Forage crop legume

brome · fescue · orchardgrass · fodder · silage · feedstuff · nutrition · legume · oats · herbage

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

  • horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
  • sheepWoolly farm animal
  • goatsHorned farm ruminants

feed · grazing · manger · stables · paddock · dairy · herd · trough · bedding · fodder

idiom

haymaker

Wild knockout punch

farming

harvest

Gathering mature crops

  • balerBundle-making farm machine
  • barnAgricultural storage structure
  • combineMerge, or harvesting machine

mower · sickle · threshing · meadow · pasture · acreage · farmer · crop · tillage · cultivation

rustic

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

rural · farmhouse · homestead · quaint · traditional · wholesome · picturesque · folksy · simple · agrarian

scent

fragrance

Pleasing olfactory quality

barnyard · aromatic · musty · dusty · sun-dried · warm · nostalgic · summer · grassy · mellow

Categories
Opposites
freshness/state of grass

haypasture

Grazing ground for livestock

green grass · grazing land · silage · meadow

MONETARY VALUE (slang)

hayfortune

Wealth or destiny

pile · bundle · mint · wad · bankroll

feed type/form

haygrain

Cereal plant's harvest unit

concentrate · pellets · oats · corn · feed grain

Phrases
Family

haystack, haying, hayloft, hays, hayed, hayfield

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G