Straw

/stɹɔ/

Synonyms for "straw" (298 found)

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Closest matches (60)

Noun(4 words)

a continentala cursea damna darna hootadjutage afterglow afterimage air anthrophore aureate auric axis bagatelle balance barley bauble bean beige bestrew

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bibelotbird seedbit blond bole branbrass farthingbroadcast bubble buff buff-yellow buttbutt endbutton canary canary-yellowcandle endscane carpophorecat foodcatheter caudex caulicle caulis cent chaffchicken feedchip chop citron citron-yellow cobweb color cork corn cream

Strong matches (89)

Noun(6 words)

creamcrop residuedrinking strawdrinking tubefodder husk

creamy culm curio damn debris detritus disseminatedog fooddown drainpipedrop in the bucketdust eatage ecruefflux tubeend ensilage etherfag endfairy

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falderal fallow farce farthing feather feed fig filingsfire hoseflaxen fleabite flueflue pipefluff foam fodder folderol footstalk forage fossil fribble frippery froth funicule funiculus funnel fuzzgarden hosegas pipegaud gewgaw gilded gilt gimcrack gold gold-colored golden gossamer grain hair halfpenny haulm hayhill of beansholdover hoot hose hosepipe husks jest joke kickshaw knickknack knickknackery leafstalk leavings leftover leftovers lemon lemon-yellow luteolous lutescent mash

Related words (149)

meal minikin mockery molehill mote needle nipple oats ocherish ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochryodds and endsoffscourings ororgan pipeorts

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paring parings pasturage pasture pedicel peduncle peppercornpet foodpetiole petiolule petiolus picayune pigment pinpinch of snuffpinprick pipe pipeline pipette piping primrose primrose-colored primrose-yellow provender rag rags rapred centreedreed piperefuse relics remainder remains remnant residue residuum rest roachrow of pinsrubbish ruin ruins rump rush saffron saffron-colored saffron-yellow sallow sand-colored sandy sawdust scatter scouring scourings scrap scraps scratchscratch feedseedstalk shadow shaving shavings shit siamesesiamese connectionsilage siphon slops snap sneeshing snorkelsoil pipesou sow spear spire sponge spume stalk standpipesteam pipestem stipe stock straw-colored stubble stump survival sweepings swill tap thistledown tigella toy trace trifle trinket triviality trunk tube tubing tubulation tubule tubulet tubulure tuppencetwo centstwopence vestige wastewaste pipewater pipewheatwhim whamwhim-wham xanthic xanthous yellow yellowish

Noun(8 words)

paglia shuck stalk straw-tinted stubble wheat wicker yellowish

Verb(1 words)

strew

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6 relation types

More general

17 entries

agricultural byproductcereal byproductcolorcolor termcover distributedrinking utensilhueplant fiberplant fibreplant materialplant substancespread tube tubing yellow

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More specific

12 entries

beddingbendy strawfoddermetal strawpale strawpale yellowpaper strawplastic strawstraw yellowstraw-tinted straw-yellowthatching material

Collocations

12 entries

bendy strawdrinking strawpale straw colorpaper strawplastic strawstraw balestraw beddingstraw-colored fabricstraw-colored pigmentstraw-like finishstraw-like texturestraw-yellow hue

Inflections

3 entries

more straw-coloredmost straw-coloredstraws

Derivations

3 entries

straw-colored strawlike strawness

similar

1 entries

chromatic

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.

Source: tatoeba (28916)

This is the last straw!

Source: tatoeba (31416)

They filled them with straw to make them round and hard.

Source: tatoeba (33630)

It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.

Source: tatoeba (40879)

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