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strawy

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Resembling, composed of, or covered with straw; used in pastoral and rustic poetry to convey simple rural textures and settings.

Detailed Definition
“Strawy” describes the creatures’ humble bedding or enclosure as being associated with straw. Its uncommon adjective form strengthens the poem’s old-fashioned biblical and rural atmosphere.
Example
Example in poetry:
“They dwelt in their strawy pen” — strawy means made of, covered with, or resembling straw; the adjective gives the pen a dry, rough, yellow-gold texture; it belongs to pastoral and farmyard description, where material details establish setting; straw can suggest shelter but also poverty or transience; compare the manger’s straw in Nativity poetry, where humble bedding gains symbolic force
Additional Notes
The quoted adjective “strawy” is an unusual literary formation whose meaning may not be immediately clear.; Found in the poem, The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
straw-colored haylike golden
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