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KK Pronunciation

〔 strɒ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 strɒː 〕


Overview of noun straw

The noun straw has 4 senses


  • straw -- (plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder)

  • chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble -- (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)

  • pale yellow, straw, wheat -- (a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white)

  • straw, drinking straw -- (a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth)


Overview of verb straw

The verb straw has 2 senses


  • straw -- (cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm")

  • strew, straw -- (spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet")


Overview of adj straw

The adj straw has 1 sense


  • straw -- (of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored)