straw

/stɹˈɔ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
2. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
3. a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
4. a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

adjective

1. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

verb

1. cover or provide with or as if with straw
   “cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm”
2. spread by scattering ( is archaic)
   “straw”

Synonyms for straw

• chaff
• husk
• shuck
• stalk
• stubble
• pale yellow
• wheat
• drinking straw
• chromatic
• strew

Words that rhyme with straw

• draw
• withdraw
• claw
• jaw
• law
• flaw
• mackinaw
• outlaw
• paw
• saw
• seesaw
• thaw
• yaw
• haw
• whipsaw
• caw
• chaw
• gnaw
• guffaw
• jigsaw
• overdraw
• bedstraw
• bylaw
• chainsaw
• craw
• daw
• hacksaw
• handsaw
• macaw
• maw