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Uncommonstraw
The correct spelling is straw.
How to pronounce straw
/stɹɔː/
nounIPA: /stɹɔː/
Say it like: Str-aw
The correct spelling is straw. A dried stalk of a cereal plant. For example: "straw hat"
Usage Examples
“straw hat”
“A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- 2.Such dried stalks considered collectively.
- 3.A drinking straw.
- 4.A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- 5.Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
verb
- 1.To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
- 2.To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
adjective
- 1.Made of straw.
- 2.Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- 3.Imaginary, but presented as real.
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