Haulm vs. Straw

Haulm vs. Straw — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Haulm and Straw

Haulmnoun

(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching.

Strawnoun

(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

Haulmnoun

(countable) An individual plant stem.

Strawnoun

(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.

Haulmnoun

(countable) Part of a harness; a hame.

Strawnoun

(countable) A drinking straw.

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Haulmnoun

stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding

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.

straw hat

Strawadjective

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

Strawadjective

(figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.

A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
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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.

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;

cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm

Strawverb

spread by scattering (

strawstrew toys all over the carpet

Strawadjective

of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored