Parola del giorno in inglese

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straw
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straw
1. subst. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
2. subst. Such dried stalks considered collectively.
3. subst. A drinking straw.
4. subst. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
(color panel, F2D594)
5. subst. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
6. adj. Made of straw.
straw hat
7. adj. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
8. adj. (figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
9. v. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
10. v. (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
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1. subst. drinking straw

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Now, you'll need a straw.  For some of us, it was the last straw.  There are not many people who would inspire a man to fill his straw hat with mulberries.  She reminded me how I'd filled my straw hat with mulberries I'd picked from a tree, while setting up a shot in Bulgaria, and brought them to her.  These can be grown on land which is marginal for other agriculture, and can make use of surplus straw, chicken litter and forestry waste.

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