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Definitions for Straw

[1] a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
[2] a mass of such stalks, especially after drying and threshing, used as fodder.
[3] material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.
[4] the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw.
[5] a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw.
[6] anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
[7] straw man(def 2) .
[8] a straw hat.
[9] of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: a straw hat.
[10] of the color of straw; pale yellow.
[11] of little value or consequence; worthless.
[12] sham; fictitious.
[13] catch /clutch /grasp at a straw /straws /any straw(s) , to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity.
[14] draw straws , to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser.
[15] 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
[16] a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass
[17] a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth
[18] (usually used with a negative) anything of little value or importance I wouldn't give a straw for our chances
[19] a measure or remedy that one turns to in desperation (esp in the phrases clutch or grasp at a straw or straws )
[20] a pale yellow colour (as adjective ) straw hair
[21] straw in the wind a hint or indication
[22] the last straw a small incident, setback, etc that, coming after others, proves intolerable
[23] mainly US having little value or substance
[24] archaic another word for strew
[25] Jack, full name John Whitaker Straw. born 1946, British Labour politician; Home Secretary (1997–2001); Foreign Secretary (2001–06); Lord Chancellor (2007–10)

Words related to Straw

fodder, silage, ensilage

Words nearby Straw

stravage, stravaig, stravinskian, stravinsky, stravinsky, igor, straw, straw boss, straw color, straw in the wind, straw man, straw mite

Origin of Straw

before 950; Middle English; Old English strēaw; cognate with German Stroh; akin to strew

Other words from Straw

straw·less , adjective
straw·like , adjective

Word origin for Straw

Old English streaw; related to Old Norse strā, Old Frisian strē, Old High German strō; see strew

Synonyms for Straw

ensilage, fodder, silage