straw
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
Types & categories
- plant fiber hypernym
Parts & wholes
- padding substance holonym
Related & opposite
- straw derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover or provide with or as if with straw
cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- straw derivation
Sense 3 adjective
of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
Related & opposite
- pale yellow derivation
- chromatic similar to
Sense 4 noun
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Types & categories
- plant material hypernym
- bran hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
spread by scattering (
straw
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
Sense 6 noun
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
Types & categories
- yellow hypernym
Related & opposite
- straw derivation
Sense 7 noun
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
Types & categories
- tube hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | straw |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | padding |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant fiber |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | straw |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pale yellow |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shuck |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | husk |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chaffy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant material |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bran |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | spread |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bestrew |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | litter |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | straw |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | yellow |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | tube |