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Meanings of straw in English

Portuguese
canudo
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A thin tube used to suck liquids from a container into the mouth of the drinker.

canudo
Portuguese
palha
Catalan
boll
Spanish
gluma

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

palha
Portuguese
espalhar
Catalan
dispersar
Spanish
esparcir

Spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

espalhar

Color; tone of pale yellow.

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Usage of straw in English
1
High in silica content, paddy straw cannot be used to feed animals.
Reuters
2
The next criticism is a related one: the great 'straw man' offensive.
The god delusion
3
The Urchin was greatly interested in the baboon rummaging in his straw.
Mince Pie
4
I have approximately FOUR months to transform myself into said drinking-straw shape.
Sahm I am
5
The 'award' was decided by a straw poll taken by The Economist.
The South African
6
In this way, the banks were able to spin straw into gold.
Economics Without Illusions
7
I could hear Tom working in the stalls, laying down new straw.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
8
The growing crisis in the Alliance remained a straw to clutch at.
Hitler 1936 - 1945: Nemesis
9
With the longer straw in hand, Bolin secured three years as alderman.
Reuters
10
The dinner was the last straw; you might have dispensed with it.
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
11
The straw differs in being more or less hollow, and in quality.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
12
That was the final straw for the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand.
Radio NZ
13
Lifting the straw to the top of the bark proved extremely difficult.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
14
This knowledge was the straw which decided me; I would chance it.
My Lady of the North
15
The women made the straw beds and pillows and hemmed the sheets.
For Woman's Love
16
The straw in which their contents had been wrapped littered the floor.
Gossamer
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Straw through the time
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Common
United States of America
Common
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