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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
straw /strɔ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Agriculture, Botany[countable] a single stalk or stem, esp. of a cereal grass.
  2. Agriculture a mass of such stalks, used as fodder:[uncountable]feeding the cows their straw.
  3. material made from such stalks for hats or baskets:[uncountable]a basket of straw.
  4. [countable] a narrow tube for sucking up a beverage from a container.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. of, relating to, or made of straw:a straw hat.
  2. of the color of straw;
    pale yellow.
Idioms
  1. Idioms catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw or at straws, to try anything out of a desperate need to save oneself from something bad.
  2. (the) last straw, something intolerably bad or unpleasant that is the latest in a series of bad events:He had been late five times, but when he came to work drunk that was the last straw and he was fired.
  3. Idioms straw in the wind, [countable] a piece of information that seems to indicate future events.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
straw  (strô),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Agriculture, Botanya single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  2. Agriculturea mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder.
  3. material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.
  4. the negligible value of one such stalk;
    trifle;
    least bit:not to care a straw.
  5. a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container:to sip lemonade through a straw.
  6. anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
  7. See straw man (def. 2).
  8. Clothinga straw hat.
  9. catch, clutch, or grasp at a straw, at straws, or at any straw or straws, to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity.
  10. draw straws, to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser.

adj. 
  1. of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw:a straw hat.
  2. of the color of straw;
    pale yellow.
  3. of little value or consequence;
    worthless.
  4. sham;
    fictitious.
  • bef. 950; Middle English; Old English strēaw; cognate with German Stroh; akin to strew
straw′less, adj. 
straw′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
straw / strɔː/
  1. stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder
  2. (as modifier): a straw hat
  3. a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass
  4. a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth
  5. (usually used with a negative) anything of little value or importance: I wouldn't give a straw for our chances
  6. a measure or remedy that one turns to in desperation (esp in the phrases clutchorgrasp at a straworstraws)
  7. a pale yellow colour
  8. (as adjective): straw hair
  9. straw in the wind ⇒ a hint or indication
  10. the last straw ⇒ a small incident, setback, etc that, coming after others, proves intolerable

See also man of strawEtymology: Old English streaw; related to Old Norse strā, Old Frisian strē, Old High German strō; see strew
straw / strɔː/

  1. another word for strew
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Straw / strɔː/
  1. Jack, full name John Whitaker Straw. born 1946, British Labour politician; Home Secretary (1997–2001); Foreign Secretary (2001–06); Lord Chancellor (2007–10)

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