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straw

/stˈɹɔː/STRAW
/stˈɹɔ/STRAW

Meaningstraw

Common meaning: dried stalks of grain plants

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√STAR‘strew, spread out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 425, p. 745 · scan
  2. Old Englishstrēaw‘straw’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishstraw‘straw’source
  4. Englishstraw‘dried stalks of grain plants’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English strēaw ‘straw’.

Roots

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