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)

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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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How to use straw in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Karla Villalon:

   Its the final straw, my kids classrooms have mold in them ...Theres just so much outrage thats been building over time.

3. John Buchan:

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

4. Pooja Bohara:

   Society and some family members blame me. My uncle even suggested that I should be placed in a heap of straw and burnt to death, but my father was for justice, it is not our fault that we are raped. Victims should come out and tell their story to the courts and seek justice.

5. Alexandra Abrams:

   I was like,' Wow, now I see how the most powerful person in the world uses their power.' They use it to continually shore up their position and disempower people around them, and that kind of broke my mind about all the stuff I've been communicating about space and humanity's better future... That was the last straw.