NOUN | substance | straw | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder |
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substance | straw, chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | |
attribute | straw, pale yellow, wheat | a variable yellow tint | |
artifact | straw, drinking straw | a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids / liquids into the mouth | |
ADJECTIVE | all | straw | of a pale yellow color like straw |
VERB | contact | straw | cover or provide with or as if with straw |
contact | straw, strew | spread by scattering ("straw"is archaic) |
Sounds | strao' | |
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Rhymes | bedstraw ... withdraw: 7 rhymes with rao... |
Meaning | Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored. | |
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Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
Spanish | pajizo | |
Nouns | straw | a variable yellow tint |
Meaning | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder. | |
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Broader | plant fiber, plant fibre | Fiber derived from plants |
Substance of | padding, cushioning | artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort |
Spanish | paja | |
Catalan | palla | |
Verbs | straw | cover or provide with or as if with straw |
Meaning | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds. | |
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Synonyms | chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble | |
Narrower | bran | broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting |
Broader | plant material, plant substance | material derived from plants |
Spanish | barcia, cascabillo, cáscara, gluma, paja | |
Catalan | boll |
Meaning | A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white. | |
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Synonyms | pale yellow, wheat | |
Broader | yellow, yellowness | Yellow color or pigment |
Adjectives | straw | of a pale yellow color like straw |
Meaning | A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids / liquids into the mouth. | |
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Synonym | drinking straw | |
Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
Spanish | absorbente, calimete, cañita, pajilla, pajita, pitillo, popote, sorbeto |
Meaning | Cover or provide with or as if with straw. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm" | |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Nouns | straw | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder |
Meaning | spread by scattering ("straw"is archaic). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonym | strew | |
Narrower | bestrew | Cover by strewing |
litter | make a place messy by strewing garbage around | |
Broader | spread, distribute | Distribute or disperse widely |
Spanish | derramar, desparramar, dispersar, esparcir | |
Catalan | dispersar, escampar, espargir |
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