last straw | the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit |
boater leghorn Panama Panama hat sailor skimmer straw hat | a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown |
bus jalopy heap | a car that is old and unreliable, the fenders had fallen off that old bus |
scarecrow straw man strawman bird-scarer scarer | an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds |
straw drinking straw | a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth |
pale yellow straw wheat | a variable yellow tint, dull yellow, often diluted with white |
straw vote straw poll | an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue |
straw man strawman | a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted |
straw wine | sweet wine from grapes partially sun-dried on the vine or on straw mats |
pile heap mound agglomerate cumulation cumulus | a collection of objects laid on top of each other |
compost heap compost pile | a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost |
garbage heap junk heap rubbish heap scrapheap trash heap junk pile trash pile refuse heap | an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
front man front figurehead nominal head straw man strawman | a person used as a cover for some questionable activity |
straw boss assistant foreman | a member of a work gang who supervises the other workers |
yellow foxglove straw foxglove Digitalis lutea | European yellow-flowered foxglove |
straw mushroom Chinese mushroom Volvariella volvacea | small tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stem, an expensive delicacy in China and other Asian countries where it is grown commercially |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
chaff husk shuck stalk straw stubble | material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds |
straw | plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder |
heap | fill to overflow, heap the platter with potatoes |
strew straw | spread by scattering (straw is archaic), strew toys all over the carpet |
stack pile heap | arrange in stacks, heap firewood around the fireplace, stack your books up on the shelves |
pile up heap up stack up | arrange into piles or stacks, She piled up her books in my living room |
straw | cover or provide with or as if with straw, cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm |
heap | bestow in large quantities, He heaped him with work, She heaped scorn upon him |
straw | of a pale yellow color like straw, straw-colored |
straw-colored straw-coloured | having the color of dry straw |