Straw

Straw appears in the following palindromes (phrases that read the same backward as forward):

straw warts
Didi won straw warts, now I did.
Straw? No, too stupid a fad, I put soot on warts.

The following statistics are based on the British National Corpus, so they are representative for the British English.

Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the noun straw:

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Definition of the noun straw
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Definition of the noun straw

What does straw mean as a name of something?

noun - plural: straws

plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
- lexical domain: Substances - nouns denoting substances
- more generic terms: plant fiber / plant fibre = fiber derived from plants
- substance of: cushioning / padding = artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- lexical domain: Substances - nouns denoting substances
- synonyms of straw: chaff / husk / shuck / stalk / stubble
- more generic terms: plant material / plant substance = material derived from plants
- more specific word: bran = broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
- lexical domain: Attributes - nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
- synonyms of straw: pale yellow / wheat
- more generic words: yellow / yellowness = yellow color or pigment
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonym of straw: drinking straw
- more generic words: tube / tubing = conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Definition of the adjective straw

What does straw mean as an attribute of a noun?

adjective - degrees: -

of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
- similar: chromatic

Definition of the verb straw

What does straw mean as a doing word?

verb - inflections: strawed | strawing | straws

cover or provide with or as if with straw
- example: cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
- lexical domain: Contact - verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- more generic word: cover = provide with a covering or cause to be covered
spread by scattering (
- example: straw
- lexical domain: Contact - verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- synonym of straw: strew
- more generic words: distribute / spread = distribute or disperse widely
- more specific words:
  - bestrew = cover by strewing
  - litter = make a place messy by strewing garbage around

Group

Straw were an English pop band that released one album, Shoplifting, in 1999.

members:
- Mattie Bennett
- Roger Power
genres: Britpop, Indie rock, Independent music
albums: "The Aeroplane Song", "Moving to California", "Sailing Off the Edge of the World", "Shoplifting", "Weird Superman"

Music

"Straw" is a musical album of Mental Destruction.

released in 1996 (20 years ago)

Character

Straw is a fictional character from the 2003 film The Reckoning.

in the film "The Reckoning", played by Tom Hardy

Places

Straw is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 57. It is in the Magherafelt District Council area.
- also known as Straw, County Londonderry
- part of United Kingdom
Straw a.k.a. Straw, Kentucky: Straw is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
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Miscellanea

Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry stalks of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has many uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket-making. It is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a bundle of straw tightly bound with twine or wire. Bales may be square, rectangular, or round, depending on the type of baler used.
- also known as 秸秆
Straw is a colour, a tone of pale yellow, the colour of straw.
Straw is an Arabian-nights-themed card game designed by Richard James and published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 2008, with artwork by Octographics. The game is packaged with a rule book in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, but the cards are common using numbers and symbols instead of text.
Straw: A cryopreservation straw is a small storage device used for the cryogenic storage of liquid samples, often in a biobank or collection of sample. Their most common application is for storage of sperm for in-vitro fertilization.
Straw a.k.a. Deadgrass: A dog coat color that can range from faded tan to dull straw.
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Straw is made by drying Grass.

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Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels (1857)

by Albert Barnes

Hast not strawed. The word straw means to scatter — as men scatter seed in sowing it. It may mean also ...

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)

by Various

Straw, straw, n. the stalk on which corn grows, and from which it is thrashed: a quantity of these when thrashed: anything worthless, the least possible thing.—ns .Straw ′berry, thedelicious and fragrant fruitof any ofthe species of the genus ...

A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion (2013)

Historic and Modern by Mary Brooks Picken

woven straw, natural or synthetic. leghorn s. (leg horn or leg ern). Finely plaited straw made from kind of wheat, cut green and bleached. Named for Leghorn ( English name for Livorno), Italy, where exported. linen s. Any smooth, closely woven ...