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Synonyms for straw
strɔstraw
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Princeton's WordNet
strawnoun
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticchaff, 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, drinking straw, still hunt, stalking, stem, huskAntonyms:
achromatic, neutralpale yellow, straw, wheatnoun
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat berry, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticstraw, drinking strawadjective
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, huskAntonyms:
neutral, achromaticstrawverb
of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
Antonyms:
achromatic, neutralstrawverb
cover or provide with or as if with straw
"cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
Synonyms:
strewAntonyms:
achromatic, neutralstrew, strawverb
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
"strew toys all over the carpet"
Synonyms:
strewAntonyms:
achromatic, neutral
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plastic straws
Dictionary of English Synonymes
strawnoun
Synonyms:
stalk (of grain after being thrashed)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2158 | drop | |
#5836 | stem | |
#6869 | wheat | |
#9260 | hay | |
#11663 | straw | |
#25423 | stalking | |
#27286 | stalk | |
#45173 | mote | |
#53188 | husk | |
#53686 | chaff | |
#53959 | stubble | |
#91387 | shuck | |
#108217 | bathwater | |
#126506 | stro | |
#192301 | strew | |
#225025 | paille |
How to use straw in a sentence?
George's murder was just the last straw.
But the insurrection was the last straw for me, as a father of three kids, I would never have thought I would see a day like this.
This was the final straw for me.
These floods are the last straw and will push millions of people further towards the brink of poverty.
It's pretty much the same atmosphere today as it was then, there was dissatisfaction, to the highest level. ... And it’s the same with the momentum. Something that sets it off to a higher level, kind of the straw that breaks the camel’s back ... like an explosion.
Translations for straw
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- قشArabic
- саломаBelarusian
- сламаBulgarian
- pallaCatalan, Valencian
- sláma, slaměnýCzech
- gwelltyn, gwelltWelsh
- halmDanish
- strohfarben, Halm, Stroh, strohblond, Strohhalm, strohgelbGerman
- άχυροGreek
- pajloEsperanto
- paja, pajiza, pajizoSpanish
- põhk, õlekõrsEstonian
- کاه, پوشال, نیPersian
- pahna, olki, oljenkeltainenFinnish
- jaune paille, pailleFrench
- sràbhScottish Gaelic
- pallaGalician
- स्ट्रॉHindi
- szalmaHungarian
- ծղոտArmenian
- jeramiIndonesian
- pagliuzza, festuca, pagliaItalian
- קשHebrew
- 藁, わら色, ワラ, 藁色Japanese
- 짚Korean
- ka, کا, pûşKurdish
- stipulaLatin
- StréiLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ເຟືອງLao
- šiaudasLithuanian
- salmsLatvian
- слама, сламка, сламенMacedonian
- jeramiMalay
- stroDutch
- palhaOccitan
- słomiany, słomaPolish
- palhaPortuguese
- pai, paieRomanian
- соломина, солома, соломенный, соломинкаRussian
- pàlgia, patza, paza, padha, palla, pàgia, paxaSardinian
- сламка, slamka, слама, slamaSerbo-Croatian
- slamaSlovak
- slamaSlovene
- kashtëAlbanian
- sugrorSwedish
- ฟางข้าวThai
- muntiTagalog
- saman, balya, hasırTurkish
- соломаUkrainian
- poxolUzbek
- rơmVietnamese
- stol, stolastagVolapük
- שטרויYiddish
- 稻草Chinese
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