Abode is sun-dried earth and straw.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

He and a team of researchers there have built a house made out of straw bale and hemp material.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

The old man and woman would carry the babies in a straw basket as they went about their work.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He has now helped to build more than ten straw bale houses and says the building material is becoming more widely accepted.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Then spread loose straw ten to fifteen centimeters deep over the seed pieces and between the planted rows.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Straw is the dried stem part of plants such as wheat, millet and sorghum.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

She said the Obama administration intends to devote hundreds more agents and more effective equipment to stem gun-running across the border and curb illegal purchases in U.S.gun shops by so-called "straw men" fronting for Mexican criminals.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25