Definition of straws:
(n) :
(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
(n) :
(uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
(n) :
(countable) A drinking straw.
(adj) :
Made of straw.
(n) :
(uncommon) A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
(n) :
(figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.