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  • 1Straw — is an agricultural by product, the dry of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by …

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  • 2Bedding — refers to the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for warmth. Bedding excludes the mattress, box spring and bed frame. Down materials are often used for warmth in bedding. To seek bedding means a person will retire for sleep, to his or her …

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  • 3straw — [strô] n. [ME stra < OE streaw, akin to streawian: see STREW] 1. hollow stalks or stems of grain after threshing, collectively: used for fodder, for bedding, for making hats, etc. 2. a single one of such stalks 3. such a stalk or, now esp., a… …

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  • 4straw — (n.) O.E. streaw stems or stalks of certain cereals, lit. that which is scattered or strewn, related to streowian (see STREW (Cf. strew)), from P.Gmc. *strawam that which is scattered (Cf. O.N. stra, Dan. straa, Swed. strô, O.Fris. stre, O.Du., O …

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  • 5bedding — ► NOUN 1) bedclothes. 2) straw or similar material for animals to sleep on. 3) a base or bottom layer …

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  • 6bedding — [bed′iŋ] n. 1. mattresses and bedclothes 2. straw, grass, etc., used to bed animals 3. a bottom layer; base 4. Geol. stratification adj. suitable for planting in a garden bed …

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  • 7straw — strawless, adj. strawlike, adj. /straw/, n. 1. a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley. 2. a mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder. 3. material, fibers, etc.,… …

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  • 8straw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēaw; akin to Old High German strō straw, Old English strewian to strew Date: before 12th century 1. a. stalks of grain after threshing; broadly dry stalky plant residue used like grain straw… …

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  • 9straw — strɔː n. dry threshed grain stalks (used for bedding, animal fodder, basket weaving, etc.); single stalk of grain; hollow slender tube used to suck up liquids; something of little importance adj. of or pertaining to straw, made from dried… …

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  • 10bedding — /bed ing/, n. 1. blankets, sheets, etc., used on a bed; bedclothes. 2. bedclothes together with a matress. 3. litter; straw, etc., as a bed for animals. 4. Building Trades. a. a foundation or bottom layer. b. a thin layer of putty laid in the… …

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