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straw

/stɹɔ/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Straw means: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

Synonyms for straw11

noun, as in material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble

noun, as in a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

pale yellow, wheat

noun, as in a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

drinking straw

verb, as in spread by scattering (‘straw’ is archaic)

strew

adjective, as in of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

chromatic

also used for straw

strawen

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What does straw mean?7

noun

1

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

2

a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

3

a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

4

plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

adjective

1

of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

verb

1

spread by scattering (‘straw’ is archaic)“strew toys all over the carpet”

2

cover or provide with or as if with straw“cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with straw?14

one syllable

lawsawdrawawshawjawflawclawpawthawdawhawmaw

two syllables

withdraw
Show 40 near rhymes
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Straw in a sentence

  • If you telephone her again, that'll be the last straw!unknown
  • To make a mattress for camping, we stuffed a sack with straw.Dejo
  • Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold, in exchange for the woman's firstborn child.ariarin
  • A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.kekette
  • They filled them with straw to make them round and hard.orcrist
  • The straw appears bent at the place where it enters the water.CM
  • I'm sorry you drew the short straw on this.CM
  • It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.CM

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Forms of straw

as a noun

plural
straws

as a verb

third-person singular
straws
present participle
strawing
past participle
strawed
past tense
strawed