STRAW
What does "STRAW" mean?
Dried stalks of grain after threshing, used as bedding, fodder, or material.
Meanings
- The dry, cut stalks of cereal plants left after the grain is removed. The barn floor was covered in fresh straw.
- A thin tube used for sucking up a drink. She sipped her milkshake through a paper straw.
- A single dried stalk; something of trifling value. His promise wasn't worth a straw. figurative
Did you know?
- 'The last straw' comes from a longer proverb - it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back - the image of a tiny final weight tipping an already overloaded animal.
Word origin
From Old English 'streaw', related to 'strew' (to scatter), since straw was scattered as bedding; shared with German 'Stroh'.
Remember it
STRAW is 'draw' with an S - you draw a drink up through a straw.
A little poem
Gold left in the field-
what the grain no longer needs
keeps the calf still warm.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to drink my smoothie without complaint, but that last straw broke me.
What it teaches
It is rarely the great weight that breaks us, but the last small thing we thought we could still carry.
Quick facts
What does STRAW mean?
Dried stalks of grain after threshing, used as bedding, fodder, or material.
Is STRAW a valid word?
Yes — STRAW is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STRAW?
STRAW has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STRAW come from?
From Old English 'streaw', related to 'strew' (to scatter), since straw was scattered as bedding; shared with German 'Stroh'.
What can STRAW teach us?
It is rarely the great weight that breaks us, but the last small thing we thought we could still carry.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.