ENGLISH: straw - CREOLE: chalimo



Overview of noun straw



The noun straw has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (10) straw -- (plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder)

2. (2) chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble -- (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)

3. pale yellow, straw -- (a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white)

4. straw, drinking straw -- (a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth)



Overview of verb straw



The verb straw has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. straw -- (cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm")

2. strew, straw -- (spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet")



Overview of adj straw



The adj straw has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) straw -- (of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored)

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