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noun

Definition of strawnext
as in smoke

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adjective

as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color the cheese maker told us that the best Parmesan cheeses are straw, not white, in color

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Recent Examples of straw
Noun
Check out the various straw and felt styles on the brand's Amazon storefront, and invest in your next concert or festival look. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 For the opening, the selection includes a ceramic vase by Aneta Regel, two wooden vessels by Marc Ricourt and a straw and threadwork piece by Arko. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Adjective
Inside the container is straw, alfalfa, water and vegetables, and electronic equipment will monitor the temperature and allow technicians to even talk to the animal. — Alicia Fernández, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024 Inside the building’s stucco walls are straw bales, a material championed for its sustainability by Harrison and the artistic community who built the house. — Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for straw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw
  1. smoke
  2. blond
  3. bunk
  4. golden
  5. songs
  6. nonsense
  7. naught
  8. trash
Noun
  • In perhaps the coolest reversal in the show thus far, the Lanterns are attacked with guns that produce darkness, which manifests here as smoke but prevents them from seeing or creating light constructs.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The crash, which sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky, trapped the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit and some occupants in cars, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Ray Jadallah.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of smoke
Adjective
  • Christie Brinkley is known for her megawatt smile, her voluminous blonde hair, and her not one, not two, but three consecutive Sports Illustrated covers—an unprecedented number in the magazine’s history.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In the glory days of Theranos, Holmes — her big blue eyes and blond hair set to advantage in black turtleneck sweaters — had reeled in powerful backers like Larry Ellison, Rupert Murdoch, Henry Kissinger and George Shultz.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of blond
Noun
  • Two-thirds of the building had been converted into sleeping barracks, with double-decker bunks crowded one against the other.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The Los Angeles Police Department released a video that shows officers at the Valley jail manhandle an uncooperative inmate who died after he was left handcuffed with a bag over his head while laying prone on the bunk in his cell.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of bunk
Adjective
  • Broil, turning halfway through, until golden brown with some edges getting a deeper char, 15–18 minutes.
    — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Then came the Mirafiori, a golden, overly sweet mix of mezcal, crème de litchi, lime, and nasturtium.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of golden
Noun
  • Soon Balderas associated certain songs with her daily routine, particularly Antonio Aguilar songs.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The power of those two songs catapulted Kings of Leon from hellraising upstarts who opened for rock giants like U2, the Rolling Stones, and Pearl Jam in the mid-aughts to global stardom.
    — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of songs
Noun
  • The lyrics coalesced slowly, with McCartney filling the incomplete sections with nonsense phrases.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Statham, who turned 59 this summer and is still in incredible shape, performs on his usual high-octane, no-time-for-nonsense level.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • For 58 minutes on Thursday, Colorado’s offense and special teams appeared to be letting a dominant defensive performance go for naught.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Though there is still no fix for the mutation, the subsequent research spawned by the work of Fraumeni, Li, and other pioneers hasn’t been for naught.
    — Lawrence Ingrassia, STAT, 26 June 2026
Definition of naught
Noun
  • On Friday morning, trash was littered about the park, people appeared to be doing drugs, and an apparently homeless person and his belongings had set up camp on a park bench.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Latinos Aventureros Co-Founder Sandra Salazar said complaints about trash at Wilson Creek since Hurricane Helene created friction in the area.
    — Lily Knoepp, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
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