Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable)A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

    Halm, Strohhalm

    соло́минаsolómina, соло́минкаsolóminka

    соломи́наsolomýna, соломи́нкаsolomýnka

  2. (uncountable)Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.

    Stroh

    соло́маsolóma

    соло́маsolóma

  3. (countable)A drinking straw.

  4. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

    strohfarben, strohgelb

  5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.

    to not care a straw

  6. (countable, uncountable)A straw owner.

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

Examples

135 sentences

  1. Do you have a straw hat?

    У тебе є солом'яний капелюх? — deniko

    deHast du einen Strohhut? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom was drinking chocolate milk through a straw.

    Том пив шоколадне молоко через трубочку. — deniko

    deTom trank durch einen Strohhalm Schokoladenmilch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. May I have a straw, please?

    Можна мені трубочку, будь ласка? — deniko

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  4. That's the last straw.

    Це остання крапля. — triantafillou

    ruЭто последняя капля. — paul_lingvo

    deDas schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus. — sigfrido

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  5. This is the final straw.

    Це остання крапля. — triantafillou

    ruЭто последняя капля. — paul_lingvo

    deDas ist der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen brachte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a dried stalk of a cereal plant:
dried stalks considered collectively:
Русский
By meaning 2
a dried stalk of a cereal plant:
dried stalks considered collectively:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a dried stalk of a cereal plant:
dried stalks considered collectively:
colour:

Origin

From Middle English straugh, strauȝ, straw, strawe, strea, streuw, from Old English strēaw

From Middle English straugh, strauȝ, straw, strawe, strea, streuw, from Old English strēaw, strēow, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread”), from *ster- (“barren, infertile”).

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Forms

plural: straws
Singularstraw
Pluralstraws

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
dried grass:litterB2
Close in meaning
  • a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth:drinking straw
  • a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white:pale yellowwheat
  • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds:chaffhuskshuckstalkstubble

Word family

52 related words
DerivedstrawberryB1bang strawbedstrawbendy strawbroomstrawcrazy strawneststrawoatstrawonion strawpoppy strawsampling strawsoda strawspoon strawstraw bailstrawbalestraw ballotstraw bedstrawbedstraw bidstraw-bottomedstrawbreakerstraw catstraw-clutchingstraw-clutchingly

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • a straw hat
  • straw hat
  • wearing a straw
  • the last straw
  • last straw

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
strategiststrategyA2stratosphereC2stratumstrawberryB1strayC1

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