Hay vs. Straw

Haynoun

(uncountable) Grass cut and dried for use as animal fodder.

Haynoun

(countable) Any mix of green leafy plants used for fodder.

Haynoun

(slang) Cannabis; marijuana.

Haynoun

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.

Haynoun

(obsolete) A hedge.

Haynoun

(obsolete) A circular country dance.

Haynoun

The letter for the h sound in Pitman shorthand.

Hayverb

To cut grasses or herb plants for use as animal fodder.

Hayverb

To lay snares for rabbits.

Haynoun

A hedge.

Haynoun

A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

Haynoun

Grass cut and cured for fodder.

Hayverb

To lay snares for rabbits.

Hayverb

To cut and cure grass for hay.

Haynoun

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

Hay

Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. However, it is also fed to smaller domesticated animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

Strawnoun

(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

Strawnoun

(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.

Strawnoun

(countable) A drinking straw.

Strawnoun

A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

Strawnoun

(figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.

Strawadjective

Made of straw.

Strawadjective

Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.

Strawadjective

(figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.

Strawverb

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.

Strawverb

To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

Strawverb

To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

Strawnoun

A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

Strawnoun

The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.

Strawnoun

Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.

Strawnoun

plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

Strawnoun

material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Strawnoun

a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white

Strawnoun

a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth

Strawverb

cover or provide with or as if with straw;

Strawverb

spread by scattering (

Strawadjective

of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored

Strawnoun

dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, or weaving

Strawnoun

a single dried stalk of grain

Strawnoun

a pale yellow colour like that of straw.

Strawnoun

a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking drink from a glass or bottle.

Straw

Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat.