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straw

/strɔː/

US pronunciation
American sound/strɔː/
straw
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Aw vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> straw

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကောက်ရိုး။

Full entry

straw /strↄ:/ n

၁။ (က) ကောက်ရိုး။ ဂျုံရိုး။ a straw hat
❍ a stable filled with straw ❍ a roof thatched
(ie covered) with straw.
(ခ) [C] ကောက်ရိုး။ ဂျုံရိုး။ Compare HAY
၂။ [C] အရည်စုပ်ရန် ပြွန်တံ၊ စုပ်တံ။ drinking lemonade through a straw.
❏ clutch/grasp at straws [IDM ] ကောက်ရိုးမျှင်ကို ရေနစ်သူ ဖမ်းယူဆုပ်ကိုင်သကဲ့သို့ ရရာမီရာကို အားကိုးအားထားပြုသည်။ I'm just clutching at straws, but is it possible that the doctors are wrong?
❏ the last/final straw [IDM ] သည်းခံရင်းမှ ပေါက်ကွဲအောင် ဖန်တီးသည့် စနက်မီးဖြစ်သော အသေးအဖွဲ ကိစ္စ။ After all the problems I had with the job, not getting paid on time was the last/final straw.
❏ straw-coloured adj (US -colored ) အဝါဖျော့။ straw-coloured hair.
❏ a straw in the wind [IDM ] ပြေးနေသောနိမိတ်။
❏ straw poll n လူထုဆန္ဒ အလွတ်စုံစမ်းကောက်ယူချက်။ A straw poll taken among local people showed that most did not want the new road to be built.
❏ the straw that breaks/broke the camel's back [IDM ] = THE LAST/FINAL STRAW

More examples
  • Bales of straw
  • A straw hat
Synonyms
albino, auric, auricomous, auriferous, aurous, aurulent, blond, buff, canary, caramel, chaff, ensilage, flaxen, fodder, golden-haired, grass, hay, light brown, mellow yellow, ochre, ochroid, platinum, sandy-haired, silage, strawberry, stubble, washed out, yellow-brown, yellow-haired, yellowish
Cross references
albinoauricauricomousauriferousaurousaurulentblondbuffcanarycaramelchaffensilageflaxenfoddergolden-hairedgrasshaylight brownmellow yellowochreochroidplatinumsandy-hairedsilagestrawberrystubblewashed outyellow-brown
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