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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024straw /strɔ/USA pronunciation n. - Agriculture, Botany[countable] a single stalk or stem, esp. of a cereal grass.
- Agriculture a mass of such stalks, used as fodder:[uncountable]feeding the cows their straw.
- material made from such stalks for hats or baskets:[uncountable]a basket of straw.
- [countable] a narrow tube for sucking up a beverage from a container.
adj. [before a noun] - of, relating to, or made of straw:a straw hat.
- of the color of straw;
pale yellow. Idioms- Idioms catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw or at straws, to try anything out of a desperate need to save oneself from something bad.
- (the) last straw, something intolerably bad or unpleasant that is the latest in a series of bad events:He had been late five times, but when he came to work drunk that was the last straw and he was fired.
- Idioms straw in the wind, [countable] a piece of information that seems to indicate future events.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024straw (strô),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculture, Botanya single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- Agriculturea mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder.
- material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.
- the negligible value of one such stalk;
trifle; least bit:not to care a straw. - a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container:to sip lemonade through a straw.
- anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
- See straw man (def. 2).
- Clothinga straw hat.
- catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw, at straws, or at any straw or straws, to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity.
- draw straws, to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser.
adj. - of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw:a straw hat.
- of the color of straw;
pale yellow. - of little value or consequence;
worthless. - sham;
fictitious.
- bef. 950; Middle English; Old English strēaw; cognate with German Stroh; akin to strew
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