Collocations for "straw"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "straw" in context.
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straw
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [basket, hat] made of straw
- [stuffed, filled] with straw
- slept on the straw in the barn
- fed the [animals, livestock] straw
- the [animals] ate straw
- the [cows, cattle] were chewing straw
- [oat, barley, wheat] straw
- a bale of straw
- sipping her [soda, water] through a straw
- can I have a straw?
- would you like a straw for that?
- blew bubbles with his straw
- a [bendy, curly] straw
- shot a spitball with a straw
- used a straw to shoot spitballs (at)
- pull straws to see who has to [go, pay, try]
- draw straws to see who [goes]
- pulled the short straw
- idiom: that's the last straw!
- idiom: was the last straw
- idiom: the final straw was (when)
- idiom: was the straw that broke the camel's back
- idiom: they were just [clutching, grasping] at straws
- straw [bales, piles, bundles]
- [wear, buy, put on] a straw hat
- a [man, gentleman, tourist] with a straw hat
- slept on a straw mattress
- a straw [shade, tone, color]
- construct a straw man argument
- never trust a straw man
- [conduct, take] a straw poll (of)
- [the lampshade, her hair] is straw- [colored, color]
- a straw- [colored] [lampshade, table, chair]
'straw' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):