windrow
Raked hay line
A windrow is a long, low ridge of material—typically hay, grain, or leaves—raked together for drying or collection.
Farmers leave cut hay in windrows before baling.
The term extends to any similar linear accumulation: windrows of snow left by the plow, windrows of seaweed along the beach.
To windrow is to arrange material this way.
Wide strip or area
- teddingSpreading hay to dry
- rakeTined yard implement
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- mowingTrimming grass short
drying · curing · forage · alfalfa · timothy · clover · fescue · silage
Merge, or harvesting machine
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- reaperOne who gathers crops
- wheatCereal crop for flour
barley · oats · grain · straw · stubble · header · swather · chaff
Tree's photosynthetic organs
- rakingDragging tines across ground
- mulchProtective plant bedding
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
debris · lawn · yard · pile · blower · collection · decomposition · groundskeeping
Accumulated mass of objects
- turningAct of rotating
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- organic matterMaterial from living sources
humus · amendment · rows · thermophilic · curing · maturation · moisture · carbon
swath
Wide strip or area
mowing · drying · curing · forage · alfalfa · timothy · clover · fescue · silage · hayfield
combine
Merge, or harvesting machine
wheat · barley · oats · grain · straw · stubble · header · swather · chaff · gleaning
leaves
Tree's photosynthetic organs
autumn · debris · lawn · yard · pile · blower · collection · decomposition · groundskeeping · tarp
pile
Accumulated mass of objects
- turningAct of rotating
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
organic matter · humus · amendment · rows · thermophilic · curing · maturation · moisture · carbon · nitrogen
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- compostingcompost bin, composter, tumbler, worm bin, vermicomposter
- haymakinghay, hay bale, hay bales, hay field, hayfield
- hay equipmenthay baler, hay rake, hay mower, hay wagon, hay fork
- farm bundleshay bale, straw bale, round bale, square bale, cotton bale
- hedgessomewhat, I think, slightly, I believe, fairly
windrowspreading
Extending over space
scattering · dispersing · broadcasting · strewing · diffusion