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drinking-straw

drinking-straw is the dated form of drinking straw.

Meaning of drinking straw

Noun

drinking straw (plural drinking straws)

  1. A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.
    Synonyms:
    straw

Forms of drinking-straw

pluraldrinking-straws

Questions about drinking-straw

What is drinking-straw the dated form of?
Drinking-straw is the dated form of drinking straw.

Words near drinking-straw in the dictionary

  1. drinking with the flies
  2. drinking-cup
  3. drinking-cups
  4. drinking-horn
  5. drinking-horns
  6. drinking-straw
  7. drinking-straws
  8. drinking-up time
  9. drinking-up times
  10. drinkings
  11. drinkle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drinking-straw (page history and authors); drinking straw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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