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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.
Straw definition: a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.. See examples of STRAW used in a sentence.
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. Many farm animals have sleeping areas lined with straw.
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.
noun. us / strɔ / straw noun (DRIED STEMS) Add to word list. [ U ] the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used for animals or for weaving: straw hats / baskets. The horse had a warm bed of fresh straw.
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. the last/final straw | the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
a. 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.
Straw definition: Pieces or a piece of natural or artificial strawlike material.
