noun
- dried stalks of grain plants, especially wheat, used for bedding, packing, or making items
- a thin tube used for drinking liquids
- something of little value or importance
Usage: often in phrases
adjective
- made of straw
- pale yellow in color like straw
Examples
- The farmer spread straw in the barn for the horses.
- She sipped her milkshake through a plastic straw.
- The scarecrow was stuffed with straw.
- He wore a straw hat to protect himself from the sun.
- Her straw-colored hair gleamed in the sunlight.
- That argument was the last straw for me.
- The basket was woven from straw.