Stroh — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Stroh is used for these senses in English:
- haulm (uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
- litter (uncountable) Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. [1325]
- 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.
litter — full definition
- noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
- noun All the baby animals born to one mother at the same time.
- noun Granular material used to absorb a pet's waste, especially for cats.
- verb To leave trash scattered around; to make a place untidy.
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."