straw
/strɔ/ n [U] (DRIED STEMS)Definition
› the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used for animals or for weaving: straw hats/baskets The horse had a warm bed of fresh straw.
(Definition of straw n (DRIED STEMS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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