Plural of straw
regular plural
The plural of straw is straws.
Forms of straw
| Singular | straw /stɹɔː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | straws |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Straws in a sentence
- They drew straws to see who had to wash the dishes.From the entry draw straws
- I've never met his mother, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her.From the entry grasp at straws
- Starters (all $2.95) include fried okra, corn nuggets, and Texas toothpicks (onion and jalapeño straws).2011, Sylvie Hogg Murphy, Food Lovers' Guide to® Kansas City, →ISBN. From the entry Texas toothpicks
- We drew straws, and today's my day to go to school.1990 January 23, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic). From the entry draw straws
- You are now the straws that stir the drink.2009 December 31, Michael Avila, “Top 10 ‘geek’ movies of the decade”, in NBC News, retrieved 19 Oct 2012. From the entry straw that stirs the drink
Meaning of straw
- noun A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- noun Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- noun A drinking straw.
Questions about the plural of straw
- What is the plural of straw?
- The plural of straw is straws.
- Is straw countable?
- Straw is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: straw (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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