Straw

//stɹɔ//

Synonyms for "straw" (293 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (59)

Noun(1 words)
chaff

Strong matches (88)

Related words (146)

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Adjective(1 words)
strawen
Verb(1 words)
strew

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11 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

17 entries

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at location

1 entries

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4 entries

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76 entries

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has context

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has property

1 entries

is a

6 entries

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70 entries

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similar

2 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

259 translations across 114 languages.

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Adyghe

3 entries
  • уарзэ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • хьэуарз noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • хьэуарзэ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Ainu

1 entries
  • ワラ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • dagami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kashtë noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Arabic

2 entries
  • قَشّ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • قَشّ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ծղոտե adj (made of straw)
  • ծղոտ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • ծղոտ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • palj noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paljiu noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paljã noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Asturian

1 entries
  • paya noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • saman noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • çöp noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һалам noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Basque

2 entries
  • lasto noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • zuhain noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • сало́ма noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • сало́міна noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • сало́мінка noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • খড় noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • खर noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • uhot noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сламен adj (made of straw)
  • сламен adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • сла́ма noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • сламен noun (colour)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကောက်ရိုး noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Buryat

1 entries
  • һолоомон noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Catalan

2 entries
  • palla noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • palla noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • dagami noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کا noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • jeramek noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Chechen

1 entries
  • ча noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 秸秆 noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • 秸稈 /秸秆 noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • 稈子 /秆子 noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • 稻草 noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • слама noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • toban noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Czech

3 entries
  • slaměný adj (made of straw)
  • sláma noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • sláma noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Danish

4 entries
  • halm noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • halm noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • strå noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • strå noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Dutch

1 entries
  • stro noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • pajla adj (made of straw)
  • pajlero noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • pajlo noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Estonian

3 entries
  • kõrs noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • põhk noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • õlekõrs noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • oljenkeltainen adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • oljenvaalea adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • oljesta tehty adj (made of straw)
  • olki adj (made of straw)

French

4 entries
  • paille adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • fétu noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • jaune paille noun (colour)
  • paille noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Friulian

1 entries
  • pae noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Galician

3 entries
  • palloso adj (made of straw)
  • palla noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • palla noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჩალა noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

German

4 entries
  • Stroh adj (made of straw)
  • strohblond adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • strohfarben adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • Halm noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Greek

1 entries
  • άχυρο noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • קַשׁ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • קַשׁ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • תֶּבֶן noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Hindi

2 entries
  • तिनका noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • पुआल noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • szalma noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • szalma noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • szalmasárga noun (colour)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • strá noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • strá noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Ido

1 entries
  • palio noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jerami noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Irish

4 entries
  • cochán noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • fadóg noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • sifín noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • tuí noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Isnag

1 entries
  • daxami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Istriot

1 entries
  • paja noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Italian

4 entries
  • festuca noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paglia noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • paglia noun (colour)
  • pagliuzza noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Japanese

4 entries
  • わら色 noun (colour)
  • ワラ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • ワラ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • 藁 noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Javanese

1 entries
  • dami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • хьэуазэ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • сабан noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • салам noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចំបើង noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Korean

2 entries
  • 짚 noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • 짚 noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • салам noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • саман noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Lao

2 entries
  • ເຟືອງ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • ເຟືອງ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • cysa noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Latin

1 entries
  • stipula noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Latvian

2 entries
  • salms noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • salms noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • šiaudai noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • šiaudas noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Lombard

3 entries
  • paia noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paja noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paja noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Low German

1 entries
  • Stroh noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • słoma noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Stréi noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • сламен adj (made of straw)
  • сла́мка noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • слама noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Malay

2 entries
  • jerami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • jerami noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • കച്ചിൽ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • കച്ചിൽ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • വയ്ക്കോൽ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • വയ്ക്കോൽ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • dagami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дэрс noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Māori

1 entries
  • kakau witi noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • paglia noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Norman

4 entries
  • païle noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • païle noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • pâle noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • pâle noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • сабан noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • ka adj (made of straw)
  • ka ka noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • pûş noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • halm noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • strå noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • halm noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Occitan

2 entries
  • palha noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • palha noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • солома noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Old English

1 entries
  • strēaw noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Persian

4 entries
  • نی noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • پوشال noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • کاه noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • کاه noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Polish

3 entries
  • słomiany adj (made of straw)
  • słoma noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • słomka noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • palha noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • palha noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ichhu noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • paja noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Romanian

2 entries
  • pai noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paie noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Russian

4 entries
  • соло́менный adj (made of straw)
  • соло́менный adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • соло́ма noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • соло́мина noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • padha noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • palla noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • patza noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • paxa noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sràbh noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • slama noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • slamka noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • слама noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • сламка noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Slovak

2 entries
  • slama noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • slama noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Slovene

1 entries
  • slama noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • салам noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • салам noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Spanish

4 entries
  • pajizo adj (made of straw)
  • pajizo adj (of a pale, yellowish beige colour)
  • pajoso adj (made of straw)
  • paja noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Swedish

4 entries
  • halm noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • halm noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • halmstrå noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • strå noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • dayami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • munti noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Tajik

2 entries
  • коҳ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • пахол noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Thai

2 entries
  • ฟาง noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • ฟาง noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • སོག་མ noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • སོག་མ noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Turkish

4 entries
  • balya noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • hasır noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • hasır noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • saman noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • saman noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • sypal noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • sypal noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • соло́ма noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • соломи́на noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • соломи́нка noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Urdu

2 entries
  • تنکا noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • پوال noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • سامان noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • پاخلا noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • poxol noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • somon noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Venetan

3 entries
  • festuca noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • festuch noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paja noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • rơm noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • rơm noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • śtruf noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Volapük

2 entries
  • stol noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • stolastag noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Walloon

4 entries
  • fistou noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paye noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  • paye noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • strin noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwellt noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • gwelltyn noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • rami noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שטרוי noun (dried stalks considered collectively)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • patil noun (dried stalks considered collectively)
  • sakil (diq) noun (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

Sample sentences

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A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.

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This is the last straw!

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

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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.

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