dry stalky plant residue, esp stalks of grain after threshing, used for bedding, thatching, fodder, making hats, etc
a single stalk from such residue
a dry coarse stem, esp of a cereal grass
a tube of paper, plastic, etc for sucking up a drink
a pale yellow colour
Those straw-coloured women have dreadful tempers — Oscar Wilde
catch/clutch/grasp at straws
to turn in desperation to any, even a manifestly inadequate, means of saving the situation
[from the proverb a drowning man will clutch at a straw.]draw the short straw
to be the person chosen to do something unpleasant
not care a straw for
to be totally indifferent to (somebody or something)
straw in the wind
a hint or apparently insignificant fact that is an indication of a coming event
strawy adj
[Old English strēaw]