Synonym: chaff, drinking straw, husk, pale yellow, shuck, stalk, strew, stubble. Similar words: strawberry, strap, stray, astray, strain, stratum, strange, restrain. Meaning: [strɔː] 
n. 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 yellow tint; yellow diluted with white 4. a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth. v. 1. cover or provide with or as if with straw 2. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic). adj. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored.
n. 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 yellow tint; yellow diluted with white 4. a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth. v. 1. cover or provide with or as if with straw 2. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic). adj. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored. 
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61 Colin, I'm afraid you've drawn the short straw - you're cleaning out the toilets.
62 She was hatted a big white straw hat to match her pink dress.
63 For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw.
64 He wore a straw hat to keep his balding head from getting sunburned.
65 He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.
66 I know that you'refloundering around, trying to grasp at any straw.
67 She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.
68 The native of that region still live in primitive straw huts.
69 On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements.
70 He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.
71 He drew the short straw and had to drive everyone to the party.
72 A straw poll of local inhabitants concluded that British tourists were the worst dressed and Italians the most stylish.
73 He made her a toy horse, using just some straw and bamboo twigs.
74 Jennie sucked up the last bit of milkshake with her straw.
75 Sending in bailiffs was the last straw.
76 Straw hat with wooden beads, ￡65, Fred Bare.
77 Their clerks, mostly in straw boaters, hurried along.
78 Mulch plants each spring with straw to conserve moisture and keep weeds in check.
79 Removal of the straw boater revealed a head of sleeked-down dark hair - a man's head of hair.
80 Controls on straw burning get the full backing of the law this season - here's what to do.
81 Hanging up on the pegs were three or four hats and among them a straw boater.
82 Of course some horses have early morning coughs rather like humans and some have allergies to hay, straw and some hard feedstuffs.
83 A tiny, wood and straw stilt hut, it stands close to the ground to allow easy access for amputees.
84 White-suited drivers, wearing straw hats and Madeiran boots, run alongside, pushing the toboggan to gain momentum.
85 Where Peach's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it, curled up on straw.
86 Tell the students to blow up the balloon and then tape the straw to the balloon.
87 One built a house of straw, one built a house of sticks, one built a house of bricks.
88 But one inventor thinks he has the answer - a building material made of straw that can withstand very high temperatures.
89 Fishermen in their trawlers draw close to the straw vessels and throw candy, fruit,[http://sentencedict.com/straw.html] and other treats to the children.
90 At the point where the air and water meet, the straw appears to bend.
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