Day 1040
24 Apr 2024

straw

/stɹɔː/

noun
A dried stalk of a cereal plant.Such dried stalks considered collectively.A drinking straw.A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.

verb
To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

adjective
Made of straw.Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.Imaginary, but presented as real.