noun🔗SharePailleA dried stalk of a cereal plant."The farmer used the dry straw to insulate the chicken coop. "L'agriculteur a utilisé la paille sèche pour isoler le poulailler.plantagriculturematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePailleSuch dried stalks considered collectively."The farmer collected the straw from the harvested wheat field. "L'agriculteur a ramassé la paille du champ de blé récolté.materialagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePailleA drinking straw."My little brother used a straw to drink his milk. "Mon petit frère a utilisé une paille pour boire son lait.utensildrinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCouleur pailleA pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw."The old house had walls painted a straw color. "La vieille maison avait des murs peints en couleur paille.colorappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUne paille, une bagatelleAnything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing."The old textbook was a mere straw compared to the new, interactive one. "L'ancien manuel n'était qu'une paille comparé au nouveau, interactif.valuethingnothingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePaillerTo lay straw around plants to protect them from frost."The gardener strawed the young tomato plants to protect them from the expected frost. "Le jardinier a paillé les jeunes plants de tomates pour les protéger du gel attendu.agricultureplantenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVendre de la pailleTo sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography."The street vendor strawed the forbidden magazines, selling the straws to get around the rules. "Le vendeur ambulant vendait de la paille pour les magazines interdits, vendant la paille pour contourner les règles.businessinternetsexlawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDe pailleMade of straw."straw hat"Chapeau de paillematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDe couleur pailleOf a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw."The old house had straw-colored walls, a faded, warm tone. "La vieille maison avait des murs de couleur paille, une teinte chaude et délavée.colorappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareImaginaire, facticeImaginary, but presented as real."A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon."Un ennemi imaginaire construit dans les médias pour sembler être une réelle menace, qui s'effondre ensuite comme un ballon.mindliteraturephilosophystorybeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
