Polyglot Dictionary

straw

/strɔ/

noun A2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
straws

Meaning

  1. popote, pajita

    • She drinks juice through a straw.

      Ella bebe jugo con un popote.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

husk

Close — both are dry plant/grain byproducts.

stubble

Close — both are dry plant/grain byproducts.

Similar in other languages

German

Bartstoppel

Close — stubble and straw both come from cut plant stalks.

German

Strohhalm

Strohhalm is the German word for the same thing — both mean "straw, drinking straw."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa straw?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She drinks juice through a ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a straw?

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