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Synonyms for straw

Most common

stubble husk chaff shuck wheat drinking straw haulm

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

Forms

Plural
straws → husks, stalks, chaffs, stubbles…

Example sentences

  • stubble The hint of stubble on his face evens out his ruddy looks.
  • husk He's just a husk of his former self.
  • chaff It is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
  • shuck The fish market will shuck the oysters for you.
  • wheat The farmer scattered the wheat seeds in the field.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
strawsteady
stubblerising
husksteady
chaffsteady
shuckrising
wheatfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pin1
4 letters
rush1, husk1, culm
5 letters
wheat1, stalk1, chaff1, shuck1, haulm
6 letters
litter2
7 letters
stubble2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (litter2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
paille
Italiano
paglia
Español
paja
Català
palla