Straw /stɹɔː/

The meaning and definition of Straw, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
Such dried stalks considered collectively.

verb

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

adjective

Made of straw.
“straw hat”
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

Synonyms strawen

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