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A drinking straw is a tube for transferring a beverage from its container to the mouth of the drinker. A thin tube of plastic or other material, straight or with an angle-adjustable bellows segment, it is used by being held with one end in the mouth and another end in the drink.

Not to be confused with:

• hay - dried stalk(s) of cereal plants or grass
• beige - the color

See also:

• drinking_straw
• bendy_straw
• silly_straw

External:

• Wikipedia - Drinking straw