Definition of straw Straw
/stɹɔˈ/ - [stro] - straw
We found 23 definitions of straw from 8 different sources.
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What does straw mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: straws |
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| straw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder | ||
| plant fiber, plant fibre fiber derived from plants | ||
| cushioning, padding artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | ||
| straw - a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth | ||
| drinking straw | ||
| straw - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | ||
| chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble | ||
| plant material, plant substance material derived from plants | ||
| straw - a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | ||
| pale yellow, wheat | ||
| yellow, yellowness yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons | ||
Verb |
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| straw - cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" | ||
| strew | ||
| distribute, spread give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" | ||
| bestrew cover by strewing | ||
| litter give birth to a litter of animals | ||
Adjectivestraw, strawer, strawest |
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| straw - of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored | ||
| chromatic being or having or characterized by hue | ||
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Wiktionary 
- straw (Noun)
A dried stalk of a cereal plant. - straw (Noun)
Such dried stalks considered collectively. - straw (Noun)
A drinking straw . - straw (Noun)
A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw. - straw (Adjective)
Made of straw. - straw (Adjective)
Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- straw (v. t.)
To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. - straw (n.)
A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease. - straw (n.)
The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw. - straw (n.)
Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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straw
A thin tube used to suck liquids from a container into the mouth of the drinker. -
straw
Dried stalks of a cereal plant.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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, the delicious and fragrant fruit of any of the species of the genus Fragaria, the plant itself; Straw′berry-leaf, a symbolic ornament on the coronets of dukes, marquises, and earls—in pl. a dukedom; Straw′berry-mark, a soft reddish nævus or birth-mark; Straw′berry-tree, a species of Arbutus, which produces a fruit resembling the strawberry; Straw′-board, a kind of mill-board or thick card-board, made of straw after it has been boiled with lime or soda to soften it; Straw′-col′our, the colour of dry straw, a delicate yellow.—adj. Straw′-col′oured, of the colour of dry straw, of a delicate yellowish colour.—ns. Straw′-cut′ter, an instrument for chopping straw for fodder; Straw′-embroi′dery, embroidery done by sewing straw on net; Straw′-house, a house for holding thrashed straw; Straw′ing (slang), the sale of straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things forbidden to be sold, as indecent books, &c.; Straw′-plait, a narrow band of plaited wheat-straw, used in making straw hats, bonnets, &c.; Straw′-stem, the fine stem of a wine-glass pulled out from the material of the bowl, instead of being attached separately: a wine-glass having such a stem.—adj. Straw′y, made of, or like, straw.—Man of straw (see under Man). [A.S. streaw; Ger. stroh, from the root of strew.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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straw
A good woman in the straw; a lying-in woman. His eyes draw straw; his eyes are almost shut, or he is almost asleep: one eye draws straw, and t'other serves the thatcher.
Wikipedia 
- Straw is a type of grass. It is often used to feed animals.
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