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straw stalks of grain after threshing broadly dry stalky plant residue used like grain straw as for bedding or packing The first known use: before the 12th century |
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5 Letters, 1 Syllable |
straw |
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4 Phonemes |
s t r aw |
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onset, rime |
str aw |
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Morpheme |
straw |
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Sentence Examples He was chewing on a straw. He asked for a straw for his iced tea. She drank the juice through a straw. |
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Common Phrases the last straw The final problem, setback, or source of irritation in a series that causes one to finally lose patience or for something to stop working. A shortening of the proverb "it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back." |
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Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
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Neighborhood
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