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Stroh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • litter noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
  • straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.

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

  1. noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
  2. noun All the baby animals born to one mother at the same time.
  3. noun Granular material used to absorb a pet's waste, especially for cats.
  4. verb To leave trash scattered around; to make a place untidy.

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."

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