Meaning & use
straw
Dry, cut stalks of grain crops such as wheat, used for animal bedding, thatching, or making objects.
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The farmer spread fresh straw across the barn floor for the horses.
Children built a small hut of straw for the classroom's Three Little Pigs display.
A note on using this word
Straw is also a common word for the thin tube used to drink beverages, a completely different sense from the plant material.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A thin tube used for sucking up a drink.
She sipped her lemonade slowly through a paper straw.
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