chaff
3
8.6
- noun
- /tʃæf/
:
cascarilla
- His coveralls came off in a shower of snow and wet hay chaff.
- wheat chaff
- rice chaff
- straw and chaff
And that's actually just an ancient technique where you use wind to blow off the excess parts, the chaff, and it's so light that you actually.
- And that's actually just an ancient technique where you use wind to blow off the excess parts, the chaff, and it's so light that you actually.
Examples
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They separate the wheat from the chaff.
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A wooden handmade pitchfork is used to throw the straw and chaff into the air.
Academic text (1996) -
I need to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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Which content is the wheat, and which the chaff?
Academic text (2006) -
The air or wind blows the straw and chaff away.
Academic text (1996) -
For better or for worse, there's going to be wheat, and there's going to be chaff.
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Lirrel had undone her braids and was shaking out bits of chaff and straw caught in her black hair.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is where we separate the tortoises from the hares, the wheat from the chaff, and the sinkers from the swimmers.
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THE PURPOSE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS IS TO SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF.
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To harvest quinoa, the farmer must remove the chaff from the seeds, ensuring only the nutrient-rich grains remain.
Synonyms
27
3.2
The dry outer covering of a seed or grain that you remove before you eat it
8
7.4
The dry outer covering of seeds that you remove before eating corn
5
5.0
Short dry stalks and husks left after the harvest
5
8.9
The dry leftover stems and leaves after a crop is harvested
A thin, flat piece of a grass flower that protects its inner parts
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
6.6
To pick out useful people or things from those that are not
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chaff first named the dry outer bits of grain. It comes from an old English word ceaf meaning 'husk', so it still means the light, waste parts left after harvest.