paribuntal
/ˌparɪˈbʌntl/(also parabuntal, paribuntle)
noun
A type of fine straw used to make hats.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Times. Short for Paracalebuntal, Parañaquebuntal, Parangbuntal, or Parasanbuntal, weaves of buntal originating from Paracale, Parañaque, Parang, or Parasan, towns in Luzon and rural Southern Philippines where the straw is traditionally woven, after balibuntal.
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC
- as different as (or like) chalk and cheese
- (as) drunk as a lord (or skunk)
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dry as a Pommy's towel
- (as) dry as dust
- (as) dull as dishwater (or ditchwater)
- -ase
- ASEAN
- (as) easy as falling off a log
- (as) easy as pie
- as easy as winking
- (as) easy (or simple) as ABC
- a second thought
- aseismic
- asepsis
- aseptic
- aseptically
- asequia