- straw - of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
- straw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
--1 is a kind of plant fiber, plant fibre
--1 is a substance of padding, cushioningDerived form: verb straw1 - chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
--2 is a kind of plant material
--2 has particulars: bran - pale yellow, straw - a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white
--3 is a kind of yellow, yellowness
- straw, drinking straw - a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth
--4 is a kind of tube, tubing
- straw - cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
--1 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun straw1
Somebody ----s something
- strew, straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
--2 is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP