Straw meaning

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The least valuable bit; a jot.

I don't care a straw what you think.

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Such a stalk or, now esp., a tube of waxed paper, plastic, etc., used for sucking beverages.
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Something of little or no value; worthless trifle.
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A single stalk of threshed grain.
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Something of minimal value or importance.
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Something with too little substance to provide support in a crisis.

Near the end we were grasping at straws.

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Of, relating to, or made of straw.

A straw mat.

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Containing or used for straw, as a barn or feeding trough.
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Of the color of straw; yellowish.
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Of, relating to, or constituting a straw man.
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Apparently legitimate but actually intended as a cover for illegal or secret activity.

Set up a straw company to launder money.

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Hollow stalks or stems of grain after threshing, collectively: used for fodder, for bedding, for making hats, etc.
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A single one of such stalks.
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Something, as a hat, made of straw.
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Straw-colored; yellowish.
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Made of straw.
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Of little or no value or significance; worthless; meaningless.
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Of or having to do with a straw vote.

A straw ballot.

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A surname​.
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Straw is defined as hollow stalks of grain, or a tube for sucking up liquid.

An example of straw is the material from which bundles of hay are made.

An example of straw is the tube for drinking a soft drink from a cup.

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The definition of straw is a yellowish color, or made of stocks of grain.

An example of something straw is the color of a blonde's hair.

An example of straw is a hat made of hollow stalks of grain; a straw hat.

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Pieces or a piece of natural or artificial strawlike material.
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Something, such as a hat or basket, made of straw.
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A slender tube used for sucking up a liquid.
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Stalks of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, as into baskets.
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Origin of straw

Middle English from Old English strēaw ster-2 in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • Basket work, straw goods, feathers 39,000

  • The pipe of the upper joint alone is selected for plaiting, the remainder of the straw being used for other purposes.

  • The seniors tried to collect straw and potatoes and, in general, food for the men.

  • The outgoing tenant must leave the straw and manure of the year, if he received them at the beginning of his lease, and even where he has not so received them, the owner may retain them according to valuation (Art.

  • In his safe, warm place in the straw, Caedmon soon fell asleep.

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