straw

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Old English strēaw, from Germanic *strawam ‘that which is strewn’. Cognate with Dutch stro, German Stroh, Swedish strå.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /strɔ:/
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[edit] Noun

straw (countable and uncountable; plural straws)

1. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3. (countable) A drinking straw.
4. (color/colour) a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

   straw colour:

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[edit] Adjective

straw (not comparable)

1. Made of straw.

   straw hat

2. (color/colour) Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

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cheese straw draw the short straw grasp at straws jackstraw the last straw the final straw make bricks without straw man of straw

pine straw silly straw straw boss straw buyer straw hat a 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

[edit] Related terms

balibuntal corn dolly etiolated fescue

huarache paillasse paillette pallet

sacaton stipule stubble zori

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[edit] See also

buntal leghorn

parabuntal rick

skep Appendix:Colours

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of arstw
• swart
• warts