headpiece vs straw

headpiece

noun
  • Something covering the head. 

  • A headstall. 

  • A decorative page heading used at the start of volumes or chapters. 

  • A headset. 

  • The top piece or part of various things. 

  • Protecting cover for the head; a helmet. 

  • The head; the brain. 

straw

noun
  • A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw. 

  • A dried stalk of a cereal plant. 

  • 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. 

  • Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing. 

  • A drinking straw. 

adj
  • Made of straw. 

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

  • Imaginary, but presented as real. 

verb
  • To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost. 

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