[strɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, or weaving
(e.g: a straw hat)

- a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking drink from a glass or bottle


Phrases:
- a straw in the wind
- clutch at straws
- draw straws
- draw the short straw
- not care two straws
- the last straw

Origin:
Old English strēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroo and German Stroh, also to strew