straw

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /strɔː/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /strɔ/
• (cot-caught) IPA ^(key): /strɑ/

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Noun

Singular straw

Plural straws

A cat on some straw (sense 1)

A straw in a drink (sense 3)

1. (uncountable) Straw is dried grasses, such as wheat, without the seeds. Animals sleep on it, and people make hats and mats out of it.
2. (uncountable) A pale, yellowish-beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

3. (countable) A straw is a thin hollow tube that you drink through.