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Straw

noun
/stɹɔː/
Word Frequency: 6.9

Definitions

1.nounA dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2.nounSuch dried stalks considered collectively.
3.nounA drinking straw.
4.nounA pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
5.nounAnything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
6.verbTo lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
7.verbTo sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
8.adjectiveMade of straw.
"straw hat"
9.adjectiveOf a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
10.adjectiveImaginary, but presented as real.
"A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon."

Synonyms

strawenchaffshuckhuskstubblestalkcoloredstrewchromatichaybathwaterbasketry

Rhymes With

guffawdrawwithdrawrawflawin the rawclawchutzpah
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