drinking straws

Cylindrical drink conduits

Drinking straws are narrow tubes for sipping beverages, placed in a glass so liquid can be drawn up to the mouth.

Originally made of paper or actual straw, plastic straws dominated for decades before environmental concerns revived paper, metal, and silicone alternatives.

The restaurant switched to paper straws last year.

Related
  • gulpHasty, large swallow
  • tubesHollow cylindrical containers
  • sipSmall mouthful of liquid
  • swallowSend down the throat
  • liquidsMatter that flows

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Opposites
liquid consumption method

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Small drinking containers

glasses · mugs · bowls · goblets · tumblers

material flow direction

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Cone-shaped pouring tools

squeeze bottles · spray nozzles · syringes

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G