Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "straw" can be used as noun, verb, adjective, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

fast food restaurant

Coordinate Terms

hay shaw stover trash

Derived Terms

a drowning man will clutch at a straw a drowning man will grab at a straw a drowning man will grasp at a straw a straw shows how the wind blows a straw shows which way the wind blows bang straw bang-straw bendy straw buy straw hats in winter called to straw cheese straw clutch at a straw crazy straw draw the short straw drinking straw drinking-straw grab at a straw grasp at a straw grasp at straws in the straw jackstraw make bricks without straw man of straw onion straw pine straw poppy straw sampling straw silly straw soda straw spoon straw straw bail straw ballot straw bed straw bid straw boss straw buyer straw donor straw hat straw in the wind straw itch straw lily straw man straw mushroom straw nail straw owner straw poll straw purchase straw purchaser straw shoe straw stem straw that stirs the drink straw that stirs the drink straw tick straw vote straw wine straw-bed straw-bottomed straw-clutching straw-clutchingly straw-colored straw-coloured straw-grasping straw-hat straw-hatted straw-necked ibis strawberry strawboard strawflower strawhead strawman strawpedo strawworm the final straw the last straw the straw that broke the camel's back windlestraw

Context

slang

Has Property

woven to make baskets

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cover distribute plant fiber plant fibre plant material plant substance spread tube tubing yellow yellowness

Type Of (IsA)

combustible material natural inanimate thing plant fiber plant material solid object tube

Manner Of

cover

Related Terms

balibuntal buntal corn dolly etiolated fescue huarache leghorn paillasse paillette pallet parabuntal rick sacaton skep stipule stubble zori

Related Terms

bales balibuntal ban beige bits bottles brown buntal cereal corn dolly device dried dried hay drink drink sipper drinking drinking device drinking straw drinking through drinking tool drinking tube drinks dry dry hay etiolated fescue for drinking frost grass hay hay bits horses horses rabbit huarache imaginary laugh leghorn long paillasse paillette pallet parabuntal pencil pipe plant pornography protect purchaser rabbit real rick roofs sacaton sell sipper skep stalk sticks stipule street stubble sucking thatched thatched roofs through tool tube twigs yellow zori

Similar Terms

chromatic chromatic

Synonym Network

chaff pale yellow strew

Used For

drinking beverage

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.