Synonyms for
Rick
Definition
a stack of hay, straw, or similar material
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- rickety bridge
- rickety chair
- rickety table
- rickety fence
- rickety structure
- rickety old
- rickety wooden
Word family
Usage note
The adjective 'rickety' is far more common than the noun or verb 'rick'. 'Rick' as a noun typically refers to a stack of hay or straw, while 'rickety' describes something unstable or shaky.
Example sentences
- The farmer built a rick of hay for the horses.
- The workers made a rick of straw to use as insulation.
- The children played on the rick of leaves in the yard.
- The storm knocked over the rick of wood in the backyard.
- The villagers built a rick of stones to protect their homes from flooding.
Quotes
The hay is in the barn, the corn is in the crib, and the mutton is on the rack, and the devil's in the rick of hay.
I have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?
All good things come in small packages, including the berries, but also the rick of hay, the sack of potatoes, and the crate of apples.