fétu — meaning in English

English meaning

• straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
• wisp noun A thin, light streak or strand of something, such as smoke, hair, or cloud.

Senses

fétu is used for these senses in English:

• straw (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• wisp A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

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."

wisp — full definition

1. noun A thin, light streak or strand of something, such as smoke, hair, or cloud.
2. noun A small, loosely twisted bundle of straw or similar material.

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