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Word entry · 5 letters

straw

Best crossword clue

"Drinking tube"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stɹɔː/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted arstwStarts with SEnds with W3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English straw, from Old English strēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread around, strew”).

Used in a sentence

  • to not care a straw
    to not care at all
  • ‘For thy sword and thy bow I care not a straw, Nor all thine arrows to boot; If I get a knop upon thy bare scop, Thou canst as well shite as shoote.’
  • He also decided, which was more to his purpose, that Eleanor did not care a straw for him, and that very probably she did care a straw for his rival.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Drinking tube5 letters
02Tube for sipping5 letters
03Dried grain stalk5 letters

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