straw की परिभाषा

शब्द आवृत्ति

straw

(strɔː )

शब्द प्रारूप:plural straws

1. अगणनीय संज्ञा

Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley.

The barn was full of bales of straw.

I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.

...a wide-brimmed straw hat.

2. गणनीय संज्ञा

A straw is a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth.

...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it.

to clutch at straws

the last straw

to draw the short straw

straw in the wind

Video: pronunciation of 'straw'

शब्द आवृत्ति

straw in American

(strɔ ; strô)

संज्ञा

hollow stalks or stems of grain after threshing, collectively: used for fodder, for bedding, for making hats, etc.

a single one of such stalks

such a stalk or, now esp., a tube of waxed paper, plastic, etc., used for sucking beverages

something, as a hat, made of straw

something of little or no value; worthless trifle

straw man (sense 4)

see last straw

विशेषण

straw-colored; yellowish

made of straw

10.

of little or no value or significance; worthless; meaningless

मुहावरे:

a straw in the wind

grasp (or clutch or catch) at a straw (or straws)

व्युत्पन्न प्रारुप

strawy (ˈstrawy)

विशेषण

straw के शब्द मूल

ME stra < OE streaw, akin to streawian: see strew

शब्द आवृत्ति

straw in British 1

(strɔː )

संज्ञा

stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder

(as modifier)

a straw hat

a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass

a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth

4. (usually used with a negative)

anything of little value or importance

I wouldn't give a straw for our chances

a measure or remedy that one turns to in desperation (esp in the phrases clutch or grasp at a straw or straws)

a pale yellow colour

(as adjective)

straw hair

7. straw in the wind

8. the last straw

विशेषण

9. mainly US

having little value or substance

straw in British 2

(strɔː )

क्रिया

archaic another word for strew

शब्द आवृत्ति

Straw in British

(strɔː )

संज्ञा

Jack, full name John Whitaker Straw. born 1946, British Labour politician; Home Secretary (1997–2001); Foreign Secretary (2001–06); Lord Chancellor (2007–10)

straw युक्त उदाहरण वाक्य

ये उदाहरण स्वचालित रूप से चुने गए हैं और इसमें संवेदनशील सामग्री हो सकती है अधिक पढ़ें…

You say you have a little straw bag from when he brought his homework from school. Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)How to pack straw into your short felt boots to improve insulation. Times, Sunday Times (2014)In the end they chose a straw cowboy hat and a straw trilby. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Two straws in a wind that does not always blow as we think. Times, Sunday Times (2010)The sight of crooks demanding fortunes for prized tickets was the last straw. The Sun (2012)Where it ends up in barn hay or straw it will be ignited. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Barley straw placed just under the surface in spring will help to inhibit its growth. Times, Sunday Times (2009)Nobody cared a straw about it. George MacDonald The Princess and the Curdie (1883)The end goal is a three-bedroom home with straw bale walls and wide expanses of glass. Times, Sunday Times (2015)Buddy draws the short straw again, taking the invention on its maiden voyage in a quarry. Times, Sunday Times (2015)Men in straw hats with ribbons, men with bright waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times (2009)THESE can be savoury or sweet and you can use thin plastic straws for little ones. The Sun (2013)Forced to lie on a concrete floor with only a thin layer of straw underneath him, he was in almost unbearable pain. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Pale straw is ideal. Times, Sunday Times (2010)