straw

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The dry, yellow stems of cut grain plants like wheat.

   The farmer spread fresh straw on the floor of the barn.

2. 2
   noun

   A thin tube used for drinking liquids.

   She sipped her milkshake through a paper straw.

3. 3
   adj

   Made of straw.

   He wore a straw hat to keep the sun off his face.

From Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread around, strew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sträi (“straw”), West Frisian strie (“straw”), Dutch stro (“straw”), German Low German Stroh (“straw”), German Stroh (“straw”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish strå (“straw”), Icelandic strá (“straw”), Walloon strin, Albanian shtrohë (“kennel”).

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