ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Needlestack

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Needlestack is a noun meaning (figurative) A stack of needles. Represents the task of finding one thing among a large number of very similar things.

Meaning

(figurative) A stack of needles. Represents the task of finding one thing among a large number of very similar things.

Example Sentences

Unless their flag of a flower is waving, finding such plants is like finding a needle in a needlestack.
In those decades of European peace and unchallenged British ascendancy, this small number of ships was enough to keep watch on the French ports and the major sea routes of the world, but not to hunt for needles in needlestacks and make all slavers and pirates quake with fear.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include needlecase, needle, needlebook, needler, needlepoint, neele.

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