Strohhalm — meaning in English
German → English · translate English → German instead
English meaning
- straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.
Senses
Strohhalm 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 (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
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."