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- Dictionarystraw/strɔː/
noun
- 1. dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, or weaving: "a straw hat"
- 2. a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking drink from a glass or bottle.
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STRAW definition: 1. the dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the…. Learn more.
The meaning of STRAW is stalks of grain after threshing; broadly : dry stalky plant residue used like grain straw (as for bedding or packing). How to use straw in a sentence.
noun. stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder. ( as modifier ) a straw hat. a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass. a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth.
n. 1. a. Stalks of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, as into baskets. b. A single stalk of threshed grain. 2. Pieces or a piece of natural or artificial strawlike material. 3. Something, such as a hat or basket, made of straw. 4. A slender tube used for sucking up a liquid. 5. a.
Straw is a fiber made from dried plant stalks. Horses love it. People make baskets, hats, bedding, fuel, and much more from straw. But not drinking straws —those are usually plastic.
to use a method of choosing somebody to do or have something in which each person takes a piece of paper, etc. from a container and the one whose paper has a special mark is chosen. We drew straws for who went first.
stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder. b. ( as modifier) a straw hat. 2. a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass. 3. a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth.
the long, dried stems of plants such as wheat (= plant for grain), often given to animals for sleeping on and eating: a straw hat.
the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw. a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw. anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making .
