straw

Meanings

• 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
• a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
• cover or provide with or as if with straw
  • "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
• spread by scattering ( is archaic)
  • "straw"
• of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

Synonyms

chaff, drinking straw, husk, pale yellow, shuck, stalk, strew, stubble, wheat