Synonyms:
straw
Meaning: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
straw
Meaning: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
Synonyms:
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
Meaning: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Usage examples
This is the last straw.
"A knot of straw in the hat."
"My straw is all shaking down into my legs."
"Every Frondist must put a knot of straw in his hat."
He made Mr. Barker run them too--it was the proverbial last straw.
So she walked and she walked and she walked, till she arrived at a house built of straw.
If I tease her with a straw, she parries with big gestures, like those of a prize-fighter.
After he had cried a long time, he wiped his eyes and then he made a bed of straw for old Geppetto.
"Sprague's hat?" he asked, pointing to a brightly banded straw which lay upon the top of the cabinet.
And round about the wheel went merrily; the work was quickly done, and the straw was all spun into gold.