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Synonyms for straw
strɔstraw
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Princeton's WordNet
strawnoun
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticchaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubblenoun
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, angry walk, pale yellow, drinking straw, still hunt, stalking, stem, huskAntonyms:
achromatic, neutralpale yellow, straw, wheatnoun
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat berry, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticstraw, drinking strawadjective
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticstrawverb
of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
Antonyms:
achromatic, neutralstrawverb
cover or provide with or as if with straw
"cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
Synonyms:
strewAntonyms:
achromatic, neutralstrew, strawverb
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
"strew toys all over the carpet"
Synonyms:
strewAntonyms:
achromatic, neutral
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plastic straws
Dictionary of English Synonymes
strawnoun
Synonyms:
stalk (of grain after being thrashed)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2158 | drop | |
#5836 | stem | |
#6869 | wheat | |
#9260 | hay | |
#11663 | straw | |
#25423 | stalking | |
#27286 | stalk | |
#45173 | mote | |
#53188 | husk | |
#53686 | chaff | |
#53959 | stubble | |
#91387 | shuck | |
#108217 | bathwater | |
#126506 | stro | |
#192301 | strew | |
#225025 | paille |
How to use straw in a sentence?
Emergency situations are often the last straw for many families who are already living on the brink, they tip the balance and make it impossible for desperate parents to make ends meet and to protect their children. Marrying off their daughters can seem like the only option.
I saw Hillary on TV making that statement about how women who have been raped and sexually assaulted should be believed. That was the last straw.
Most people are disaffected from the church already and this was the final straw.
The rule isn't the sole reason people are ready to move, but in every conversation we have, it is discussed because advisers will be impacted, for advisers who are already unhappy, the rule could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
We've have the suggestion that people should just have a liquid, they should take a pill to consume all the vitamins and minerals that they need, the issue with that is that there's a psychological experience that comes with eating. And people don't want to take all their meals through a straw, they don't want to swallow a pill for all their nutrition, and the pill wouldn't be as bioavailable as the food itself. So it's necessary, in terms of the human experience, that people eat.
Translations for straw
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- قشArabic
- саломаBelarusian
- сламаBulgarian
- pallaCatalan, Valencian
- sláma, slaměnýCzech
- gwelltyn, gwelltWelsh
- halmDanish
- strohfarben, Halm, Stroh, strohblond, Strohhalm, strohgelbGerman
- άχυροGreek
- pajloEsperanto
- paja, pajiza, pajizoSpanish
- põhk, õlekõrsEstonian
- کاه, پوشال, نیPersian
- pahna, olki, oljenkeltainenFinnish
- jaune paille, pailleFrench
- sràbhScottish Gaelic
- pallaGalician
- स्ट्रॉHindi
- szalmaHungarian
- ծղոտArmenian
- jeramiIndonesian
- pagliuzza, festuca, pagliaItalian
- קשHebrew
- 藁, わら色, ワラ, 藁色Japanese
- 짚Korean
- ka, کا, pûşKurdish
- stipulaLatin
- StréiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເຟືອງLao
- šiaudasLithuanian
- salmsLatvian
- слама, сламка, сламенMacedonian
- jeramiMalay
- stroDutch
- palhaOccitan
- słomiany, słomaPolish
- palhaPortuguese
- pai, paieRomanian
- соломина, солома, соломенный, соломинкаRussian
- pàlgia, patza, paza, padha, palla, pàgia, paxaSardinian
- сламка, slamka, слама, slamaSerbo-Croatian
- slamaSlovak
- slamaSlovene
- kashtëAlbanian
- sugrorSwedish
- ฟางข้าวThai
- muntiTagalog
- saman, balya, hasırTurkish
- соломаUkrainian
- poxolUzbek
- rơmVietnamese
- stol, stolastagVolapük
- שטרויYiddish
- 稻草Chinese
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