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strawe

strawe is the obsolete spelling of straw.

Meaning of straw

Noun

straw (countable and uncountable, plural straws)

  1. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
    Synonyms:
    litter
  2. (uncountable) 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.
  3. (countable) A drinking straw.
  4. (uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  5. (figuratively) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
    • to not care a straw
  6. A straw owner.
    • The Bromfield Street offices were housed in a dilapidated but heavily-insured building, owned by a straw for a wealthy downtown real estate developer, surrounded by expensive new commercial developments, and in a city renowned for arson-for-profit.1984 August 4, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Charged With Setting GCN Fire”, in Gay Community News, page 1

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Forms of strawe

pluralstrawes

Questions about strawe

What is strawe the obsolete spelling of?
Strawe is the obsolete spelling of straw.

Words near strawe in the dictionary

  1. Strawbridges
  2. strawbs
  3. strawcraft
  4. Strawder
  5. Strawders
  6. strawe
  7. strawed
  8. strawen
  9. strawflower
  10. strawflowers
  11. strawfork

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