noun
- Plant fiber used e. G. For making baskets and hats or as fodder.
- Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
- A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white.
- synonyms: pale yellow, wheat
- A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth.
- synonyms: drinking straw
verb
- Cover or provide with or as if with straw.
- usage: "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
- (v.) ()
- synonyms: strew
adjective
- Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored. .
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