strå — meaning in English

English meaning

• strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
• straw noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.

Senses

strå is used for these senses in English:

• strand An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
• 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.

strand — full definition

1. noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
2. noun A single thread or line within a larger story, plan, or set of events.
3. verb To leave someone in a difficult situation, often without transport or resources.
4. verb To run a boat or ship aground.

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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