Synonyms for straw
strɔstraw

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1. strawnoun

   plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

2. chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubblenoun

   material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, angry walk, pale yellow, straw, drinking straw, still hunt, stalking, stem, husk

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

3. pale yellow, straw, wheatnoun

   a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat berry, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, straw, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

4. straw, drinking strawadjective

   a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

   Synonyms:
   stubble, stalk, shuck, wheat, chaff, pale yellow, straw, drinking straw, husk

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic

5. strawverb

   of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

6. strawverb

   cover or provide with or as if with straw

   "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"

   Synonyms:
   strew

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

7. strew, strawverb

   spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

   "strew toys all over the carpet"

   Synonyms:
   straw, strew

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Plant Fiber
   • Plant Material
   • Spread

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1. plastic straws

   Submitted by anonymous on December 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strawnoun

   Synonyms:
   stalk (of grain after being thrashed)

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1. strawnoun

   Synonyms:
   stalk, culm, litter, mulch, sennet, platting

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1. List of paraphrases for "straw":

   paille, stro, chaff, husk, mote, drop, hay, bathwater

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How to use straw in a sentence?

1. Remy de Gourmont:

   The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.

2. Alexandra Abrams:

   I was like,' Wow, now I see how the most powerful person in the world uses their power.' They use it to continually shore up their position and disempower people around them, and that kind of broke my mind about all the stuff I've been communicating about space and humanity's better future... That was the last straw.

3. The Australia-born Konta:

   It is a nice feeling not having to keep going out there, we were out there for a long time and both of us battled incredibly hard and whoever was going to draw the (short) straw was going to be hurting and obviously I feel very fortunate to have got through that.

4. Kathy Bailey:

   The food was thrown down on the feces for the dog to eat. The water bucket had old straw and feces on it and the water inside was full of algae.

5. Mike Fisher:

   Chris Rock has no real understanding of what happened to Will Smith in the 90 minutes or so leading up to the incident. But there’s obviously something going on for Will. Chris’ joke, and his wife being humiliated in public like that, would’ve been the final straw.