1. Plant fibre used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
   "The farmer used straw to mulch the garden beds"
    
2. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
   "The farmer separated the wheat from the straw";
   - chaff, husk, shuck [N. Amer], stalk, stubble
    
3. A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
   "She sipped her milkshake through a colourful drinking straw";
   - drinking straw
    
4. A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
   "The walls were painted a soothing straw";
   - pale yellow, wheat

1. Cover or provide with or as if with straw
   "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
    
2. [archaic] Spread by scattering
   "The farmer strawed hay across the field";
   - strew

1. Of a pale yellow colour like straw; straw-coloured
   "Her straw hat matched her blonde hair perfectly"

Derived forms: strawed, strawing, straws

See also: chromatic

Type of: cover, distribute, plant fiber [US], plant fibre [Brit, Cdn], plant material, plant substance, spread, tube, tubing, yellow, yellowness

Part of: cushioning, padding

Encyclopedia: Straw, Kentucky