paja1

¹ = straw, chaff, hay.

Ex. The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

Ex. Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.

Ex. These are animal sculptures created from natural materials, e.g., hay, moss and peat.

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* alpaca de paja = straw bale.

* cartón hecho de paja = strawboard.

* hombre de paja = straw man, straw figure, frontman.

* rellenar de paja = pad out.

* separar el grano de la paja = divide into + Adjetivo + sheep and + Adjetivo + goats, sort the + Adjetivo + sheep from the + Adjetivo + goats, separate + the wheat from the chaff, sort out + the wheat from the chaff, sift + the wheat from the chaff.

* sombrero de paja = straw hat.

* tejado de paja = thatched roof, thatch roof.