chaff
IPA: tʃˈæf
noun
- The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
- Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
- (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
- Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
- (military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
verb
- (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
- (transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
- (transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.
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Examples of "chaff" in Sentences
- The wheat has been separated from the chaff.
- It's like separating the wheat from the chaff.
- Finally she winnows to separate out the chaffs.
- The beating releases the grain from the straw and chaff.
- It gives us the opportunity to sort the wheat from the chaff.
- You are totally incapable of separating the wheat from the chaff.
- It is the fastest, easiest way for me to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- Chaff is the scales that protect the grain, while bran is part of the grain.
- It attaches to the top of the ovary, whereas the chaff attaches at the base.
- The car was still detectable and the chaff did nothing to disrupt the radar.