Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drinking straw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: drink-ing s-traw
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.

Inflected Forms

drinking straws (plural) drinking-straw (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

straw

Questions

What does drinking straw mean?: A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.

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