Synonyms for straw
strɔstraw

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1. strawnoun

   plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

2. chaff, 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, straw, drinking straw, still hunt, stalking, stem, husk

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

3. pale yellow, straw, wheatnoun

   a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat berry, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, straw, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

4. straw, drinking strawadjective

   a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, straw, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

5. strawverb

   of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

6. strawverb

   cover or provide with or as if with straw

   "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"

   Synonyms:
   strew

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

7. strew, strawverb

   spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

   "strew toys all over the carpet"

   Synonyms:
   straw, strew

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Plant Fiber
   • Plant Material
   • Spread

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1. plastic straws

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strawnoun

   Synonyms:
   stalk (of grain after being thrashed)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strawnoun

   Synonyms:
   stalk, culm, litter, mulch, sennet, platting

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1. List of paraphrases for "straw":

   paille, stro, chaff, husk, mote, drop, hay, bathwater

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1. Steve Shadowen:

   We are particularly interested in getting the manufacturers going forward to change the way they do business, to tighten up their distribution systems so that they don't continue to supply unlimited amounts of guns to gun dealers who are systematically selling them to straw purchasers and others who are engaged in trafficking into Mexico.

2. Antonio Costa:

   The VAT increase was the last straw for many businesses, from one moment to the next we were without clients.

3. Nikola Tesla, New York Times, October 19, 1931:

   If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.

4. John Buchan:

   I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

5. Jenny Ruelas:

   I have no balance in my body, it's hard for me to breathe, I can't walk for too long without running out of breath. I have to constantly check my oxygen -- something I would never even think of before. It sometimes drops so low, I feel like I'm breathing through a straw. Now I even have trouble sleeping. That was never an issue before. I just can't do anything without help.