strawlike hair

6.1

Dry, rough hair that feels stiff like straw

noun
/ˈstrɔːˌlaɪk hɛr/

: cabello similar a la paja

Years of neglect had turned her once-shiny locks into strawlike hair.

Examples

The sun's harsh rays made her strawlike hair feel dry and rough to the touch.
She ran her fingers through his strawlike hair, surprised by its roughness.
The sun and sea had left his strawlike hair brittle and colorless.
She has beautiful strawlike hair that shines in the sun.
His strawlike hair made him look like a scarecrow.
After spending a lot of time in the ocean, his strawlike hair looked dull and lifeless.
Neglecting her hair for so long caused it to become strawlike hair, coarse and stiff.

Antonyms

silky-haired

3.7

Hair that is soft, smooth, and shiny like silk

soft-haired

1.6

An animal or body part with hair that feels soft when you touch it

How Coarse

wiry

4 3.2

stiff-haired

5.8

strawlike hair

6.1

silky-haired

3.7

Surface Forms

strawlike hair singular

strawlike hairs plural

Morphology

strawlike + hair

The meaning is directly derivable from 'strawlike' (having the appearance or texture of straw) + 'hair', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to hair that is dry, coarse, and stiff like straw. The '-like' simile morphology is productive and cross-linguistically transparent, following a standard English compositional pattern that B1 learners will readily understand.

Etymology

Strawlike hair compares hair to straw, the dry, rough plant stalks that snap and feel stiff. So it describes hair that is 'dry', 'coarse', and 'stiff'.