how to pronounce straw

/stɹɔː/

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straw is pronounced in one syllable

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stɹɔː

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An example use of straw in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it's got that fun straw and so my …”

meaning of straw

A straw is a thin piece of plastic or paper that is used to drink liquids such as soft drinks, juice, or water.

straw frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word straw occurs in english on average 14.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics straw can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that straw can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to straw

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