Meaning of 'straw'
Meaning of 'straw' (Webster Dictionary)
- A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc.,
especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat,
beans, and pease.
- The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
- Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. - To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
- The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
- Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. - To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
Meaning of 'straw' (Princeton's WordNet)
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