paille — meaning in English
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English meaning
- straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
Senses
paille is used for these senses in English:
- drinking straw A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.
- straw Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- 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.
straw — full definition
- noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
- noun A thin tube used for sucking up a drink.
- noun Something considered practically worthless, as in the phrase "not worth a straw."