drinking-straw
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Apples, liquid, fresh and sweet, were present too, and their little brown jug with its drinking-straws was pleasantly patronized in its quaintly retired corner."
- "The bureau of manufactures, department of commerce and labor, has a communication from an American business house which states it has been purchasing drinking-straws abroad, but would like to make purchases in the home market."
- "Drinking-straws, Receptacle for dispensing."
- "The above-described mechanism may be employed only for making bags; preferably, however, this mechanism is associated with the mechanism, comprising a drum 69, for charging each bag with cigarettes, matches, drinking-straws, or the like, and for closing the mouth of the bag."
- "drinking-straw 423 […] 7 the beaker with the drinking-straws"
- "Problems investigated for manufacturing industries included, among many others, the deterioration of wax used for the impregnation of drinking-straws, the identification of a special lubricant for a crankshaft-grinding machine, comparison of dry-cleaning solvents, an explosion in a degreasing plant, an explosion in a railway signal lamp, fire hazard in disinfection of aircraft cabins, and deterioration of hydraulic hoses in aircraft."