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How to pronounce straw in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms strew
Type of distribute, spread
Has types bestrew, litter
Type Words
Synonyms chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble
Type of plant material, plant substance
Has types bran
Type Words
Synonyms pale yellow, wheat
Type of yellow, yellowness
Type Words
Synonyms drinking straw
Type of tubing, tube
Type Words
Type of cover


cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm.
Type Words
Type Words
Type of plant fiber, plant fibre

Examples of straw

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An estimated 270 truckloads of straw have been delivered to the fire area alone.
From the foxnews.com
I have also been mulching with straw and have not found that mice live under it.
From the sfgate.com
Large selection of straw, fabric, raffia, cloth and wool hats for men and women.
From the sfgate.com
It is like putting a giant straw into the land to continue extracting resources.
From the theepochtimes.com
Served in a paper cup with a straw, the drink is like a tea-flavoured milkshake.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
The show stealer is the gilded pumpkin sitting on a bed of straw under a cloche.
From the suntimes.com
For maximum protection, cover roses with rose cones packed with straw or leaves.
From the dispatch.com
McInnis said he feared a straw poll so early in the race would divide the party.
From the denverpost.com
You can create a bonnet easily from an old straw or felt hat from a thrift shop.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
  • Cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
  • Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
  • Chaff: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • Strew: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
  • Pale yellow: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
  • Straw is an agricultural by-product, the dry s of cereal plants, after the grain and chaff have been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. ...
  • Straw were an English pop band that released one album, Shoplifting, in 1999.
  • The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 9, 2007, after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby. It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler's best-selling book, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning. ...