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Drinking straw

A drinking straw is a utensil that uses suction to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth. A straw is used by placing one end in the mouth and the other in a beverage. Lowering the pressure in the mouth (i.e. applying suction) causes the surrounding atmospheric pressure to force the liquid through the straw and into the mouth. Drinking straws…

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Drinking straw

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples72
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

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Drinking straw

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related to Mass production · 13
Drinking straw → Baltimore, Dieffenbach, Dieffenbach Sr, Glassips Inc, His, In, Maryland, One, Otto, Plastic, The, Towson, World War II
related to Edible · 8
Drinking straw → Edible, Flav-R-Straws, Flavor, Magic Milk Straws, Newer, Sipahhs, They, United States
related to Reusable · 8
Drinking straw → Boston Logan International Airport, Environmental, Metal, One, PLA, Polylactic, Reusable, These
related to Plastic · 7
Drinking straw → Additionally, Other, PE, PVC, The, These, This
related to External links · 6
Drinking straw → Archived, History, How, July, Sumerian, Wayback Machine
related to In fiction · 5
Drinking straw → Cervantes's, Don Quixote, In Miguel, Nicholson Baker's, The Mezzanine
is a · 1
Drinking straw → utensil that uses suction to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth
related to Types · 1
Drinking straw → Drinking

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straws plastic straw paper made used drinking 2018 single-use reusable use would ban metal 2019 one first may disposable beverage

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Drinking strawis autensil that uses suction to carry the contents of a beverage to one's mouth0.90text
cellophane has increased the widespread availability of disposable straws.Straws can make it saferinstance ofmass-production of straws from plastic and other industrial products0.80text
easier to consume liquidsinstance ofmass-production of straws from plastic and other industrial products0.80text
dental workinstance ofand in recovery from certain medical procedures0.80text
an alloy of copperinstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
nickel called alpaca silver or German silverinstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
stainless steelinstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
and 800 silver which is used to construct the filterinstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
steminstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
sometimes combined with a gold plated headinstance oflong.Traditional bombillas are made of metal alloys0.80text
Starbucks have moved away from plastic strawsinstance ofrequiring caution when drinking hot mate tea to avoid burns.Single-useSome companies0.80text
McDonald's have switched to paperinstance ofSome companies0.80text

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