Straw

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) .
  2. Noun.  (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A drinking straw.
  5. Noun.  a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  6. Adjective.  Made of straw.
  7. Adjective.  Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

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