olki — meaning in English

English meaning

• straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
• thatch noun Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

Senses

olki is used for these senses in English:

• straw (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• straw (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
• thatch Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

straw — full definition

1. noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
2. noun A thin tube used for sucking up a drink.
3. noun Something considered practically worthless, as in the phrase "not worth a straw."

thatch — full definition

1. noun Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. noun Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
3. noun A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
4. noun Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair.

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