Defenition of the word straw
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Defenition of the word straw
- A thin tube used to suck liquids from a container into the mouth of the drinker.
- Dried stalks of a cereal plant.
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored
- used for e.g. baskets and hats or as fodder
- cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
- spread by scattering; "strew toys all over the carpet" ("straw" is archaic)
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth
- a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white
- plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
- a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- spread by scattering (
- cover or provide with or as if with straw
- of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
Synonyms for the word straw
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- chaff
- husk
- shuck
- stalk
- strew
- stubble
Similar words in the straw
Hyponyms for the word straw
Hypernyms for the word straw
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- cover
- distribute
- plant fiber
- plant fibre
- plant material
- plant substance
- spread
- surname
- tube
- tubing
- yellow
- yellowness
Idioms for the word straw
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- cheese straw
- draw the short straw
- grasp at straws
- jackstraw
- last straw
- final straw
- make bricks without straw
- man of straw
- pine straw
- silly straw
- straw boss
- straw buyer
- straw hat
- straw in the wind
- straw man
- straw mushroom
- straw poll
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- straw vote
- straw wine
- strawboard
- straw-coloured
- strawflower
- strawworm
- windlestraw
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