DRINKINGSTRAW

Drinking straw

A drinking straw is a short tube intended 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 employed by being held with one end in the mouth and another end in the drink. Muscular action reduces air pressure in the mouth and above the liquid in the straw, whereupon atmospheric pressure forces the beverage up the straw.

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drinking straw

Noun

  1. A long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk by suction.


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