straw
Because it is a word with a single syllable, straw is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofstraw
- A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- Such dried stalks considered collectively.
- A drinking straw.
- A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
- To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
- To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
- Made of straw.
Synonyms: strawen
Example: "straw hat"
- Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- Imaginary, but presented as real.
Example: "A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon."
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